My first bull elk with my 7mm, I was 17 at the time. was shot right behind the shoulder quartering away from about 20 yards. the factory bullet went about 16 inches, broke 4 ribs and ended up in the same shoulder. the elk ran 40/45 yards fell over i approached and shot it in the head. lungs were black with clotted blood but the bullet never enter the chest cavity, maybe some rib fragments but not many. 4 deer I shot in the heart two with soft tips and two with fail safe. soft tips heart was in pieces, fail safe hole through, all 4 ran 80/100 yards. i have seen a buck hit with a bullet that blew up on his side destroying ribs and skin, deer still ran had to be shot again. Father in law threw a stick at a steer, hit it in the ribs, steer fell down dead. unusual kills happen, we make good ones with proper bullets ,caliber,energy,and shot placement. you do not take a 243 on an elephant hunt, okay just once.
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