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My experience with the Hornady 147 ELD-M on game. *A Lot of Shot Videos and photos*
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<blockquote data-quote="DMP25-06" data-source="post: 1510111" data-attributes="member: 27271"><p>Cody , </p><p>Congratulations on recovering you wife's first elk . You definitely put forth the extra effort to recover the wounded animal . You are to be commended , many hunters would have given up on the search .</p><p>Thank you for posting all of the enjoyable reading on your hunts , and the results of bullet performance .</p><p></p><p>In your post and video of your wife shooting her first elk , I have viewed the photo of the shot placement , just behind the right front leg , and below the shoulder blade , and I have viewed the video , many times in full-screen format , and the elk on the left is in a position just slightly quartering toward you , head in nearly a 4 o'clock position , and tail in nearly a 10 o'clock position , with the right front leg slightly back . With the bullet entering just behind the right front leg as shown in the photo of the elk with the entry hole circled , the straight-through path of the bullet would definitely find the bullet ending-up in the left flank of the animal , contacting the rear of a lung and forward to mid-section of the abdominal cavity . If the bullet had entered at the front edge of the right front leg , it most likely would have destroyed both lungs and heart of the cow . With the elk being 400 - 450 feet above your position , at 703 yards , that equates into approximately an angle of 11 - 12 degrees uphill angle . The bullet might have ended in a position 4" - 4.5" higher than the entry hole .</p><p></p><p>If you had been shooting archery gear at 30 yards , with the elk standing in exactly the same position and angle to you , you would likely have waited for a more broadside , or slightly quartering away angle before taking a shot at that specific aiming point .</p><p></p><p>The elk on the right , in the video was standing just slightly quartering away , right front leg forward , and if your wife had shot it , with the same point of impact , bullet entry at the back edge of right front leg , the bullet would have likely destroyed both lungs and the heart .</p><p></p><p>If the bullet mushroomed like the bullet shown , that was recovered from your bull elk , then I would presume that it was performing as it should , and it was not shot into the area of the elk's body that would cause the most damage to the animal's vital organs . </p><p></p><p>Again , thanks for posting stories , photos , videos , and results .</p><p>DMP25-06</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DMP25-06, post: 1510111, member: 27271"] Cody , Congratulations on recovering you wife's first elk . You definitely put forth the extra effort to recover the wounded animal . You are to be commended , many hunters would have given up on the search . Thank you for posting all of the enjoyable reading on your hunts , and the results of bullet performance . In your post and video of your wife shooting her first elk , I have viewed the photo of the shot placement , just behind the right front leg , and below the shoulder blade , and I have viewed the video , many times in full-screen format , and the elk on the left is in a position just slightly quartering toward you , head in nearly a 4 o'clock position , and tail in nearly a 10 o'clock position , with the right front leg slightly back . With the bullet entering just behind the right front leg as shown in the photo of the elk with the entry hole circled , the straight-through path of the bullet would definitely find the bullet ending-up in the left flank of the animal , contacting the rear of a lung and forward to mid-section of the abdominal cavity . If the bullet had entered at the front edge of the right front leg , it most likely would have destroyed both lungs and heart of the cow . With the elk being 400 - 450 feet above your position , at 703 yards , that equates into approximately an angle of 11 - 12 degrees uphill angle . The bullet might have ended in a position 4" - 4.5" higher than the entry hole . If you had been shooting archery gear at 30 yards , with the elk standing in exactly the same position and angle to you , you would likely have waited for a more broadside , or slightly quartering away angle before taking a shot at that specific aiming point . The elk on the right , in the video was standing just slightly quartering away , right front leg forward , and if your wife had shot it , with the same point of impact , bullet entry at the back edge of right front leg , the bullet would have likely destroyed both lungs and the heart . If the bullet mushroomed like the bullet shown , that was recovered from your bull elk , then I would presume that it was performing as it should , and it was not shot into the area of the elk's body that would cause the most damage to the animal's vital organs . Again , thanks for posting stories , photos , videos , and results . DMP25-06 [/QUOTE]
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