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<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 1226156" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>This year I've drawn a cow elk tag for the black hills of South Dakota. I'm ovbiously planning on saving as much meat as possible from the animal. My question is where should I aim to save the most meat? I've never shot an elk before but I've shot several deer, and each one I aimed for much the same spot, right behind the shoulder. However on the last three deer I've killed there was a tremendous amount of meat wasted. One was shot at 120yds one at 200yds and one at 300yds. The problem with the 300yd shot was probably because the bullet hit the shoulder bone, I didn't account for wind I guess. The other two I don't understand one was shot with a 7mm rem mag shooting 180gr vld and the other with a 7mm wsm shooting 162amax. I suppose the bullets I used were light jacketed target bullets that explode violently and that could account for the meat loss. I'm planning on using a 338 win mag shooting 225gr sst I don't think this bullet will explode like the others so hopefully that helps. So should I still aim behind the shoulder or would a neck shot be better?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 1226156, member: 55944"] This year I've drawn a cow elk tag for the black hills of South Dakota. I'm ovbiously planning on saving as much meat as possible from the animal. My question is where should I aim to save the most meat? I've never shot an elk before but I've shot several deer, and each one I aimed for much the same spot, right behind the shoulder. However on the last three deer I've killed there was a tremendous amount of meat wasted. One was shot at 120yds one at 200yds and one at 300yds. The problem with the 300yd shot was probably because the bullet hit the shoulder bone, I didn't account for wind I guess. The other two I don't understand one was shot with a 7mm rem mag shooting 180gr vld and the other with a 7mm wsm shooting 162amax. I suppose the bullets I used were light jacketed target bullets that explode violently and that could account for the meat loss. I'm planning on using a 338 win mag shooting 225gr sst I don't think this bullet will explode like the others so hopefully that helps. So should I still aim behind the shoulder or would a neck shot be better? [/QUOTE]
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