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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1252690" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>More elk are lost and wounded because guys target the shoulder on elk, the only bullet I will deliberate target a bull to hit it in the shoulder is a 300 gr 338 or larger, I've seen way to many 30 cals fail on elk shoulders. Many guys who target the shoulder do not know how many shots they thought was a clean miss was just a broken shoulder, it's by far the most common wound we see when elk come down. A three wheeled elk can go a lot farther than you can, I will only take a shoulder shot when desperate and have a buddy ready to hit them too, I finished to many elk to count that where shot in the shoulder. The only elk I've lost were shoulder shot! I changed my shot placement to behind the shoulder, have not shot an elk twice with that shot placement, we get massive blood trails for the few feet they can make it, not the spotty drops of a shoulder wound. I also don't like blowing that much meat!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1252690, member: 13632"] More elk are lost and wounded because guys target the shoulder on elk, the only bullet I will deliberate target a bull to hit it in the shoulder is a 300 gr 338 or larger, I've seen way to many 30 cals fail on elk shoulders. Many guys who target the shoulder do not know how many shots they thought was a clean miss was just a broken shoulder, it's by far the most common wound we see when elk come down. A three wheeled elk can go a lot farther than you can, I will only take a shoulder shot when desperate and have a buddy ready to hit them too, I finished to many elk to count that where shot in the shoulder. The only elk I've lost were shoulder shot! I changed my shot placement to behind the shoulder, have not shot an elk twice with that shot placement, we get massive blood trails for the few feet they can make it, not the spotty drops of a shoulder wound. I also don't like blowing that much meat! [/QUOTE]
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