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<blockquote data-quote="sambo3006" data-source="post: 292218" data-attributes="member: 2740"><p>I shot a bull a couple of years ago slightly quartering away, took both lungs and shattered the offside shoulder. His front quarters collapsed at the shot and then he just stood back up. I hammered him again through the neck into the chest as he quartered to me. That put him down for good. This was with a 225 gr Accubond from a 338 RUM at 320 yds. Would he have died from the first shot? I'm sure. Might he have wandered off in the thick oak brush with little to no blood due to the lack of exit hole, yep. I've never seen a deer take a hit like that and stand back up. My rule of thumb on shooting elk (as drilled into my head by my elk hunting buddies with 20 and 30 years experience) is to keep shooting until they are on the ground. And use enough gun (translation leave the 25-06 at home if you are going to shoot the 85 gr Ballistic Tips that kill deer so fast. If you must bring it, use TSX or Partitions or the like).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sambo3006, post: 292218, member: 2740"] I shot a bull a couple of years ago slightly quartering away, took both lungs and shattered the offside shoulder. His front quarters collapsed at the shot and then he just stood back up. I hammered him again through the neck into the chest as he quartered to me. That put him down for good. This was with a 225 gr Accubond from a 338 RUM at 320 yds. Would he have died from the first shot? I'm sure. Might he have wandered off in the thick oak brush with little to no blood due to the lack of exit hole, yep. I've never seen a deer take a hit like that and stand back up. My rule of thumb on shooting elk (as drilled into my head by my elk hunting buddies with 20 and 30 years experience) is to keep shooting until they are on the ground. And use enough gun (translation leave the 25-06 at home if you are going to shoot the 85 gr Ballistic Tips that kill deer so fast. If you must bring it, use TSX or Partitions or the like). [/QUOTE]
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