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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 290394" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p>YES and NO.</p><p></p><p>If you hit them in the right spot, they will die like any other animal. They are not bullet proof.</p><p></p><p>If you do not hit them in a very good spot, they will take you to the deepest, thickest, darkest dam hole they can find.</p><p></p><p>I've shot elk with a few cartridges from 7 RM, 300 Win, 300 RUM, 338 EDGE from 200-915 yards. I"ve killed 10 elk in my 11 years of elk hunting and I would say that 75% of them dropped in there tracks with a good placed shoulder hit. If your using enough gun, a magnum, with the right bullet to get through the shoulders, there is no place for that elk to go but straight down with 2 broken shoulders. I dont care about meat loss, I care about putting my animal on the ground. A little bit of meat is better then no meat, famous words from my uncle who has shot over 25 bulls and I dont know how many elk.</p><p></p><p>I dont even go for heart/lung shots on elk because they never drop. They will still run aways and I dont like tracking. I want them DRT and if you use the right bullet, put it in the right spot, there really not that hard to kill.</p><p></p><p>Elk are also a VERY big target and offer VERY large vitals. I dont see how people cant precisely put a bullet in an elks vitals. Amazes me actually. A nice cow or spike will easily give you a 20" radius kill zone, a big bull is even bigger then that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 290394, member: 1403"] YES and NO. If you hit them in the right spot, they will die like any other animal. They are not bullet proof. If you do not hit them in a very good spot, they will take you to the deepest, thickest, darkest dam hole they can find. I've shot elk with a few cartridges from 7 RM, 300 Win, 300 RUM, 338 EDGE from 200-915 yards. I"ve killed 10 elk in my 11 years of elk hunting and I would say that 75% of them dropped in there tracks with a good placed shoulder hit. If your using enough gun, a magnum, with the right bullet to get through the shoulders, there is no place for that elk to go but straight down with 2 broken shoulders. I dont care about meat loss, I care about putting my animal on the ground. A little bit of meat is better then no meat, famous words from my uncle who has shot over 25 bulls and I dont know how many elk. I dont even go for heart/lung shots on elk because they never drop. They will still run aways and I dont like tracking. I want them DRT and if you use the right bullet, put it in the right spot, there really not that hard to kill. Elk are also a VERY big target and offer VERY large vitals. I dont see how people cant precisely put a bullet in an elks vitals. Amazes me actually. A nice cow or spike will easily give you a 20" radius kill zone, a big bull is even bigger then that. [/QUOTE]
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