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Why I don't shoulder shoot elk!
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<blockquote data-quote="dakor" data-source="post: 821727" data-attributes="member: 2204"><div style="text-align: left">Why not just aim for the off shoulder if you still want to hit bone? As for caliber my buddy's 6.5-06 with 140 Sierra SBT's has taken some large bulls over the years and somewhere taken at 500 or 600 yards. So you do not need a monster magnum and that rifle has 4 bulls that score over 350. </div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"> </div> <div style="text-align: left">I shot a cow elk at 80 yards in the high shoulder with a 7mm STW and a 180 Berger VLD leaving the muzzle at 3150fps and she dropped like a brick. The bullet went through the shoulder and bottom of the spine and exited. Here is a picture of an exit on the off shoulder from a cow elk I shot with the same rifle and load at 357 yards. Granted it did not dead center the shoulder but it did hit some bone and a rib as well. </div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"> </div> <div style="text-align: left"></div> <div style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Cow_Elk_Shoulder_7mm_180gr_Berger_exit_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"> </div> <div style="text-align: left"></div> <div style="text-align: left">I watched my brother in law on his first cow elk bust both front shoulders with a 200 SMK out of a 300 win mag at 284 yards. The bullet was found under the hide on the off shoulder. That never knew what hit her. My cousin's first elk was shot with a 190 Berger vld out of a 300 wsm and it was a higher shoulder shot. Again that elk went down hard.</div><p></p><div style="text-align: left"> </div> <div style="text-align: left">Now if I knew I was going to shoot an elk in the timber and at hard shot angles I would plan for it and choose a bullet like an Accubond or Partition and so on. </div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dakor, post: 821727, member: 2204"] [LEFT]Why not just aim for the off shoulder if you still want to hit bone? As for caliber my buddy's 6.5-06 with 140 Sierra SBT's has taken some large bulls over the years and somewhere taken at 500 or 600 yards. So you do not need a monster magnum and that rifle has 4 bulls that score over 350. [/LEFT] [LEFT] I shot a cow elk at 80 yards in the high shoulder with a 7mm STW and a 180 Berger VLD leaving the muzzle at 3150fps and she dropped like a brick. The bullet went through the shoulder and bottom of the spine and exited. Here is a picture of an exit on the off shoulder from a cow elk I shot with the same rifle and load at 357 yards. Granted it did not dead center the shoulder but it did hit some bone and a rib as well. [/LEFT] [LEFT] [IMG]http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Cow_Elk_Shoulder_7mm_180gr_Berger_exit_3.jpg[/IMG][/LEFT] [LEFT] I watched my brother in law on his first cow elk bust both front shoulders with a 200 SMK out of a 300 win mag at 284 yards. The bullet was found under the hide on the off shoulder. That never knew what hit her. My cousin’s first elk was shot with a 190 Berger vld out of a 300 wsm and it was a higher shoulder shot. Again that elk went down hard.[/LEFT] [LEFT] Now if I knew I was going to shoot an elk in the timber and at hard shot angles I would plan for it and choose a bullet like an Accubond or Partition and so on. [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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