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<blockquote data-quote="Buckys" data-source="post: 2478241" data-attributes="member: 107750"><p>That was my conclusion as well. I expect that this is common with Partitions.</p><p></p><p>White tail hunting for me is accubond or fusion and typically results in something closer to a fist sized exit wound. Blood everywhere.</p><p></p><p>So my conclusion was that - elk are big and have more volume to store blood under the hide, partitions make tiny exit wounds and so this is likely common for that combo (maybe for something like tsx as well) and the higher you target the lungs, the longer it will take to get a steady blood trail.</p><p></p><p>And so the point of my original question is for all the seasoned elk hunters here - if you don't want to go for the shoulders, what is your recipe for shots < 200yds? Personally, I want to avoid a really frangible cup-n-core bullet here as I don't want to use something could blow up before it gets past the ribs on the entry side.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all of the replies and helping me get better with experience <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckys, post: 2478241, member: 107750"] That was my conclusion as well. I expect that this is common with Partitions. White tail hunting for me is accubond or fusion and typically results in something closer to a fist sized exit wound. Blood everywhere. So my conclusion was that - elk are big and have more volume to store blood under the hide, partitions make tiny exit wounds and so this is likely common for that combo (maybe for something like tsx as well) and the higher you target the lungs, the longer it will take to get a steady blood trail. And so the point of my original question is for all the seasoned elk hunters here - if you don't want to go for the shoulders, what is your recipe for shots < 200yds? Personally, I want to avoid a really frangible cup-n-core bullet here as I don't want to use something could blow up before it gets past the ribs on the entry side. Thanks for all of the replies and helping me get better with experience :-) [/QUOTE]
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