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<blockquote data-quote="LeddSlinger" data-source="post: 1754569" data-attributes="member: 65338"><p>No it doesnt.</p><p>Just takes a good bullet and a properly placed shot. I've seen elk drop like a rock from a 243 Winchester. My father in law has taken 3 bull elk with a 6.5-300 WSM with 140gr Bergers. All 3 bulls around 600 yards. All dropped like a rock from the high shoulder shot. Just the same as all the deer we've taken</p><p></p><p>Shot elk with a 300 win mag and 338-375 Ruger too. No difference in how the animal drops. You hit your mark on the shoulder with a good hunting bullet and they are going down.</p><p></p><p>The only way it wouldnt work is if using a bullet like the Nosler Ballistic Tip that can blow up upon impact on heavy shoulder blades. Or when using a good bullet at distances well beyond its capability to maintain sufficient impact energy.</p><p></p><p>24 years ago, I witnessed my father hit a mule deer buck right in the high shoulder kill switch spot at 500 yards. He was using his 300 Win Mag with 180gr Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets. The buck dropped like a rock. He went back and placed his rifle in the truck, then we hiked up to it. He only had his only 44 Magnum wheel gun on him. We got about 50 yards from the downed buck and suddenly it jumped up and took off over the ridge. We chased that buck what seemed like forever getting close enough many times when it would be down for him to put multiple 300gr rounds it in from a 44 mag. But it just kept getting back up and running. Finally after about a mile and multiple wheel gun engagements, he finished the buck. After skinning it out, we found that the bullet exploded on the shoulder blade and never fully penetrated. The shock from the impact of the Nosler BT knocked the buck out cold, but did not kill it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LeddSlinger, post: 1754569, member: 65338"] No it doesnt. Just takes a good bullet and a properly placed shot. I've seen elk drop like a rock from a 243 Winchester. My father in law has taken 3 bull elk with a 6.5-300 WSM with 140gr Bergers. All 3 bulls around 600 yards. All dropped like a rock from the high shoulder shot. Just the same as all the deer we've taken Shot elk with a 300 win mag and 338-375 Ruger too. No difference in how the animal drops. You hit your mark on the shoulder with a good hunting bullet and they are going down. The only way it wouldnt work is if using a bullet like the Nosler Ballistic Tip that can blow up upon impact on heavy shoulder blades. Or when using a good bullet at distances well beyond its capability to maintain sufficient impact energy. 24 years ago, I witnessed my father hit a mule deer buck right in the high shoulder kill switch spot at 500 yards. He was using his 300 Win Mag with 180gr Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets. The buck dropped like a rock. He went back and placed his rifle in the truck, then we hiked up to it. He only had his only 44 Magnum wheel gun on him. We got about 50 yards from the downed buck and suddenly it jumped up and took off over the ridge. We chased that buck what seemed like forever getting close enough many times when it would be down for him to put multiple 300gr rounds it in from a 44 mag. But it just kept getting back up and running. Finally after about a mile and multiple wheel gun engagements, he finished the buck. After skinning it out, we found that the bullet exploded on the shoulder blade and never fully penetrated. The shock from the impact of the Nosler BT knocked the buck out cold, but did not kill it. [/QUOTE]
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