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Non-recovered Elk - my fault or bullet failure or both?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chadp82" data-source="post: 2950472" data-attributes="member: 114151"><p>This sucks. If you hunt sometimes it happens. Feeling bad means you care and are a hunter.</p><p></p><p>I hit a deer maybe 15 years ago saw it drop. Watched as it stood up, couldn't get a follow up shot, and it walked into a thick/nasty section of timber. I heard it coughing and expire within 15 minutes of the shot. This one bugged me a lot. We combed this trees area for 4-5 hours and never found it. It was an area where you couldn't see more than 15 feet and literally crawled, climbed, and what we it took to grid the area. This timber patch was maybe 200 yds x 100yds. Pretty clear on all sides. We had no blood past where it bedded and stood up. </p><p></p><p>It's tough but happens. It could have been the shot, the placement, or the animals will to live.</p><p></p><p>I have shot a deer that once we field dressed it shouldn't have been standing. Two shots, lungs were hamburger and 3rd was a head shot that finished it. When we opened it up, the lungs were literally shredded by the first two, and it still stood and I make the final head shot.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes these critters just do unexpected things. For what it's worth, don't beat yourself up, but I know it sucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chadp82, post: 2950472, member: 114151"] This sucks. If you hunt sometimes it happens. Feeling bad means you care and are a hunter. I hit a deer maybe 15 years ago saw it drop. Watched as it stood up, couldn’t get a follow up shot, and it walked into a thick/nasty section of timber. I heard it coughing and expire within 15 minutes of the shot. This one bugged me a lot. We combed this trees area for 4-5 hours and never found it. It was an area where you couldn’t see more than 15 feet and literally crawled, climbed, and what we it took to grid the area. This timber patch was maybe 200 yds x 100yds. Pretty clear on all sides. We had no blood past where it bedded and stood up. It’s tough but happens. It could have been the shot, the placement, or the animals will to live. I have shot a deer that once we field dressed it shouldn’t have been standing. Two shots, lungs were hamburger and 3rd was a head shot that finished it. When we opened it up, the lungs were literally shredded by the first two, and it still stood and I make the final head shot. Sometimes these critters just do unexpected things. For what it’s worth, don’t beat yourself up, but I know it sucks. [/QUOTE]
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