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<blockquote data-quote="Josh P" data-source="post: 1567906" data-attributes="member: 60236"><p>[ATTACH]121185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]121180[/ATTACH]</p><p>A lot of big heavy muscle and bone in an Eland. I shot mine with a 338win and 200gr acubonds about 20 minutes to dark. I hit him on the run a little back got some lung and liver he went 70 yards or so and bedded down. We gave him an hour and started to track wasn't hard tracking good blood and trackers. We bumped him up and he was off and running we stopped and didn't find him that night. After a log sleepless night we found him in the morning 300 yards from where he bedded lots of blood and easy tracking but the thought of losing him or hyenas getting to my animal was sickening. I still wish I would have used my 375 Ruger even though it all worked out. These animals are massive took 6 men and a decent winch to get him in the truck. If it were a perfect world a 270 wsm would do the trick but I hunted 5 days trying to find my Eland and I took a shot on a moving animal in excitement and hit him a little far back. It all worked out in the end but I'm glad I used my 338win not my 30-06 and wished i used my 375.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josh P, post: 1567906, member: 60236"] [ATTACH]121185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]121180[/ATTACH] A lot of big heavy muscle and bone in an Eland. I shot mine with a 338win and 200gr acubonds about 20 minutes to dark. I hit him on the run a little back got some lung and liver he went 70 yards or so and bedded down. We gave him an hour and started to track wasn't hard tracking good blood and trackers. We bumped him up and he was off and running we stopped and didn't find him that night. After a log sleepless night we found him in the morning 300 yards from where he bedded lots of blood and easy tracking but the thought of losing him or hyenas getting to my animal was sickening. I still wish I would have used my 375 Ruger even though it all worked out. These animals are massive took 6 men and a decent winch to get him in the truck. If it were a perfect world a 270 wsm would do the trick but I hunted 5 days trying to find my Eland and I took a shot on a moving animal in excitement and hit him a little far back. It all worked out in the end but I'm glad I used my 338win not my 30-06 and wished i used my 375. [/QUOTE]
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