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1500 ft/lb energy requirement?
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<blockquote data-quote="DartonJager" data-source="post: 1571287" data-attributes="member: 95733"><p>As I've only taken 4 bull elk, 3 with my 338wm (225 NOS/PT and 225 NAB) and one with my .50 cal Encore using a 300grn .45XTP, I am certainly no expert elk hunter. All were double lung with the bullet exiting.</p><p>So I am asking why is the so called "high shoulder shot" the holly grail of elk shots? I have always and still do much prefer a double lung shot aiming for the widest and highest part of the lungs. VS a high shoulder shot which is a smaller target VS the lungs admittedly if you take out BOTH shoulders elk is DRT, but only one and who knows?</p><p>I take out both lungs and elk is 100% dead on his feet 100% of the time.</p><p>Lastly it has to take considerably less energy to go through both lungs VS one shoulder let alone two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DartonJager, post: 1571287, member: 95733"] As I've only taken 4 bull elk, 3 with my 338wm (225 NOS/PT and 225 NAB) and one with my .50 cal Encore using a 300grn .45XTP, I am certainly no expert elk hunter. All were double lung with the bullet exiting. So I am asking why is the so called "high shoulder shot" the holly grail of elk shots? I have always and still do much prefer a double lung shot aiming for the widest and highest part of the lungs. VS a high shoulder shot which is a smaller target VS the lungs admittedly if you take out BOTH shoulders elk is DRT, but only one and who knows? I take out both lungs and elk is 100% dead on his feet 100% of the time. Lastly it has to take considerably less energy to go through both lungs VS one shoulder let alone two. [/QUOTE]
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