My brother shot a 300 inch 6pt 5 times before it went down. The first shot probably would have been more than enough but it just stood there and he kept shooting... It was about 125 yards away standing in a big rock slide. All 5 shots from his 270 were right on the mark. Most all of the bullets wizzed right through his ribs as well.
I shot a whitetail three times before it finally expired. I think I was 14 or so, hunting a hay field. The first shot was in the liver from about 200 yards the second broke his front shoulder taking out one lung and the last one was through the back of the head.
I also hit a bull elk three times with my '06 before he went and laid down. One shot through the lungs, one through the front shoulder, and one one through the liver. Then a final one to put him down for good in the back of the head. That was the last time I have used that '06, it went into retirement permenantly. That spring went out and bought a "better" gun.
Pretty much all the elk I have shot since have dropped either on the spot with the first shot or went maybe a few steps... Maybe one or two got a follow up shot, just because they were still standing by the time I had another one jacked in..
The worst (funniest) was on a goose hunt, my buddy nocked a bird down breaking its wing, the dog had the goose and the goose had the dog by his lip and was pecking his head too... Then my buddy rung its neck and tossed it on the "pile", the next flight is comeing in and that damn goose got up, with its head all cocked to one side and took off for the decoys, my buddy tackels him and is trying to hold him under his arm so the geese coming in don't see him moving around, then at the last minute he lets go... So we shot up that bunch and this wonded, head cocked to one side goose was still running around in the decoys. Well when he clead the decs my buddy shot him at about 50 yards, again the dog retrieved him and he was tossed back on the "pile" we figured for good... THEN about 4-5 min later that bloody shot up, cocked necked, broken winged, hobbleing on one leg goose got up again and made a break for it... This time my buddy let him have 3 inches of love from about 15-20 yards... THAT was the end for the goose who really liked to hunt.
Ivan