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Non-recovered Elk - my fault or bullet failure or both?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ckleeves" data-source="post: 2950548" data-attributes="member: 83259"><p>The 175 elite tends to kill pretty darn good. At center of body elevation you're right above the humerus/scapula joint. I doubt you hit near the joint, that placement tends to disable them fairly well or is at least very noticeable as that leg gets pretty worthless even if the bullet didn't continue past the shoulder (which I would doubt, it's a cow elk not a cape buff) </p><p></p><p>If I had to take a wild guess I would say you shot high and above the spine. With an uphill shot if you were holding direct center of body it doesn't take much of a miss to shoot above the spine right on the "hump" where the spine drops a little lower. </p><p></p><p>Not much blood, stops bleeding quickly, not holding a leg up like it's broken etc. It just sounds like an above the spine shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ckleeves, post: 2950548, member: 83259"] The 175 elite tends to kill pretty darn good. At center of body elevation you're right above the humerus/scapula joint. I doubt you hit near the joint, that placement tends to disable them fairly well or is at least very noticeable as that leg gets pretty worthless even if the bullet didn’t continue past the shoulder (which I would doubt, it’s a cow elk not a cape buff) If I had to take a wild guess I would say you shot high and above the spine. With an uphill shot if you were holding direct center of body it doesn’t take much of a miss to shoot above the spine right on the “hump” where the spine drops a little lower. Not much blood, stops bleeding quickly, not holding a leg up like it’s broken etc. It just sounds like an above the spine shot. [/QUOTE]
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