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6.5 CM, 6.5 PRC Enough/Effective for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="whirlwindjml" data-source="post: 3044317" data-attributes="member: 19793"><p>Energy put into no man's land doesn't kill. Sure if you get a big enough bullet that throws shrapnel everywhere then of course that would up the ante for a kill. Throwing hydrostatic shock through a non-vital organ is in no way a guarantee or an improvement. People shooting bigger bullets lose animals if they don't hit them right. period. People shooting creedmoors lose animals if they don't hit them right.</p><p></p><p>Getting a poor hit with more energy and a big hole and no man land also does not give you a better blood trail. Only the organs that bleed are going to produce enough blood to help in that.</p><p></p><p>Energy is only a contributing factor to a kill. Blood loss and tissue damage to an organ is what kills. Potential suffocation from blood also kills. </p><p></p><p>Shock to the nervous system may or may not kill. But even in Hunter's education the focus is on putting a shot into the vitals for tissue damage because that's what kills. </p><p></p><p>You can look at energy numbers on a table all day long but that does not mean that that energy all gets soaked up into the animal unless the bullet stops in the animal. More energy into a non-vital organ will probably just make it run further with adrenaline.</p><p></p><p>Bad hit is a bad hit. Energy will not fix that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whirlwindjml, post: 3044317, member: 19793"] Energy put into no man's land doesn't kill. Sure if you get a big enough bullet that throws shrapnel everywhere then of course that would up the ante for a kill. Throwing hydrostatic shock through a non-vital organ is in no way a guarantee or an improvement. People shooting bigger bullets lose animals if they don't hit them right. period. People shooting creedmoors lose animals if they don't hit them right. Getting a poor hit with more energy and a big hole and no man land also does not give you a better blood trail. Only the organs that bleed are going to produce enough blood to help in that. Energy is only a contributing factor to a kill. Blood loss and tissue damage to an organ is what kills. Potential suffocation from blood also kills. Shock to the nervous system may or may not kill. But even in Hunter's education the focus is on putting a shot into the vitals for tissue damage because that's what kills. You can look at energy numbers on a table all day long but that does not mean that that energy all gets soaked up into the animal unless the bullet stops in the animal. More energy into a non-vital organ will probably just make it run further with adrenaline. Bad hit is a bad hit. Energy will not fix that. [/QUOTE]
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