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Old 02-20-2011, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Mountain Guy View Post
And as far as the gist of this discussion, around wasting meat,
Last fall I shoulder shot my bull elk and heart shot my buck. Same gun, same bullet, same load, dang near same distance. The front end of that buck was a bloody snot rag, with jellied bloodshot covering both sides of the rib cage and extending up into the neck. The elk I lost 4 or 5 pounds off.
Why? Well I guess there is a lot more that goes into meat damage and loss other than cartridge and bullet placement.
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