>>The last bull I shot was
>>quartering towards me. I aimed
>>behind shoulder,missed the meat hit
>>one long and clipped the
>>liver exiting just behind the
>>diaphragm. He went 20 yards
>>stood behind a tree for
>>three minutes and fell over.
>>The two reasons I aimed
>>behind the shoulder were to
>>protect the meat and to
>>avoid the above situation which
>>I read on this site
>> over and over. There's
>>a lot of room behind
>>the shoulder to hit something
>>that will kill an elk
>>quickly with a wide range
>>of calibers and bullets.
>
>Hey DW, I agree but sometimes
>##### happens!
>Better to have a bullet that
>will perform, if the best
>shot placement does not occur.
>
>I'm betting that if an Accubond
>or Barnes VOR-TX would have
>been used on that elk
>I lost, I would have
>had a freezer full of
>elk.
>
>Proud member of the Wolfpack!
I agree sometimes chit happens. I just don't agree with the it's the bullets fault argument that I repeatedly read on here. There is no magic bullet yet that's heart seeking. The high part of the shoulder blade didn't stop my pellet, and it won't stop a modern high powered rifle. On a broadside elk it could pass thru both shoulder blades, miss the lungs and spine, and go 3" into an aspen on the other side! He!! we've all made a bad shot, sooner or later it happens to everyone, and it sux I know. I've been killin em with Hornaday leverevolution 45-70 325 grain ammo lately. Broadside, rib bone only. If I recover the bullet, it's pieces of the copper jacket and pieces of the lead. I don't like it. When I'm out, I'm switchin. I've watched a pile of em die to core lokts and everybody beats them up. I may go back to em after I'm out, as I used to recover a good sized piece of those when they didn't pass thru.