Stuck with a .243, where do I aim?

I have shot a buck with my .243 and the bullet whistled right through the rib cage area without striking bone and left a pencil hole going in and coming out. The buck stood still like a statue! I fired again and all of the deer took off. I watched the buck drop and when I walked up to it, I didn't notice any blood trail. Filled the lungs up and died with zero bullet expansion.

The next deer I shot took out a rib. It looked like I shot it with a .300 magnum! :eek: Quite a capable caliber with good shot placement.
 
She shot this one one inch left of center at 75 yds walking straight toward her, in the chest.:) And the top section of this bucks heart was shreaded he went maybe50 yds or so and piled up. The cartridge was a Winchester 100 grain power point, (grey box). A well placed bullet with this cartridge, and your standing over one of those big bucks you told us of!!!!:D
 
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The idiots are the ones that let a wounded deer get away.
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I would argue that the idiots are the ones that don't even try. I have lost a deer that I made a genuine effort to track and recover. I didn't feel great about it, but I don't think it makes me an idiot. Sometimes, despite the best of all intentions, it happens.
 
Heart

Try for the aorta area. The area just above the heart. Rip all these vessels and heart will pump itself out.
 
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