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<blockquote data-quote="ss7mm" data-source="post: 120083" data-attributes="member: 5"><p><strong>Re: Shot placement - Elk - More Specific</strong></p><p></p><p>Roy:</p><p></p><p>At the ranges you list I'd go for the shots on the pic below. Don't know if you have this pic but it also shows the organs and muscle locations. A heart shot is not one I'd look for at 700 yards but I know the high shoulder and the #2 placement have worked on a dozen or more so I'll probably keep on plunking them where it seems to give me the best results. Elk are a big tough animal, but they have a very adverse reaction to a properly constructed bullet placed in the right spot. They have a tendency to die, especially if they are in a totally relaxed state when you make the shot. </p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/ss7mm/elk-anatomywithtext.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>If you are gonna have to pack him up out of the canyon if he doesn't drop at the shot then I'd say to break him down. I've spent all day packing big bulls out of deep canyons and I don't want to have to do that again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ss7mm, post: 120083, member: 5"] [b]Re: Shot placement - Elk - More Specific[/b] Roy: At the ranges you list I'd go for the shots on the pic below. Don't know if you have this pic but it also shows the organs and muscle locations. A heart shot is not one I'd look for at 700 yards but I know the high shoulder and the #2 placement have worked on a dozen or more so I'll probably keep on plunking them where it seems to give me the best results. Elk are a big tough animal, but they have a very adverse reaction to a properly constructed bullet placed in the right spot. They have a tendency to die, especially if they are in a totally relaxed state when you make the shot. [img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/ss7mm/elk-anatomywithtext.jpg[/img] If you are gonna have to pack him up out of the canyon if he doesn't drop at the shot then I'd say to break him down. I've spent all day packing big bulls out of deep canyons and I don't want to have to do that again. [/QUOTE]
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