Can someone tell me what happened to this bullet?

It struck something solid on entry and spun around and went the rest of the way backwards. I had this happen when I was trying to stop a bull that my friend had wounded 3/4 of a mile from my position. I picked up the wounded bull along with another 6X6 and my only shot was a steep downhill going away shot. My bullet a barnes 168 TTSX glanced off the spine and went diagonally thru the elk backwards and lodged in the far side shoulder. The bull dropped at my shot, but was still alive when we arrived at the scene. my recovered bullet looks a lot like yours...
 
It struck something solid on entry and spun around and went the rest of the way backwards. I had this happen when I was trying to stop a bull that my friend had wounded 3/4 of a mile from my position. I picked up the wounded bull along with another 6X6 and my only shot was a steep downhill going away shot. My bullet a barnes 168 TTSX glanced off the spine and went diagonally thru the elk backwards and lodged in the far side shoulder. The bull dropped at my shot, but was still alive when we arrived at the scene. my recovered bullet looks a lot like yours...
i might add that this was only the second barnes bullet i've ever recovered. the first was a straight on shot on a big blacktail. that bullet was recovered in the pelvis bone. all other bullets have exited and the far side hide always showed a clover leaf petal outline!!
 

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