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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1511853" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>Not sure about the jealousy thing?? Thanks Alex for your view point.</p><p></p><p>For me it is a personal thing. Yes it is "killing", and the quicker it goes the less it hurts me! I helped my friend get his 1st elk a couple of weeks ago. I called the range at 507y and the elk moved before he could get on target. They then stopped at 470y and I gave him the range again. In his inexperience he did not think the yardage change would make enough diff to mess with. Unfortunately he hit the cow in the spine putting her down but not out. We had to make the trek to her in order to finish. By the time we got into a place where he could make a final shot we were close enough that the cow was in a panic making the finishing shot that much more difficult. He shot her in the neck but hit a bit low and did not shut her off and she required another in the base of the skull from point blank. I apologized to him for having to go through that on his 1st elk. There were good lessons learned for all of us on that one. If causing an animal to go through that does not effect you emotionally, you are a harder person than I am. The more I hunt the animals the more admiration I have for them. I don't want to "hurt" them, if that makes sense. A good bullet (that can handle the imperfect shot) through the lungs is quickest, cleanest, most reliable shot. I don't mind breaking down shoulders and taking lungs to keep animal travel after the shot to a min, but prefer the pure lung shot to minimize meat loss.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1511853, member: 7999"] Not sure about the jealousy thing?? Thanks Alex for your view point. For me it is a personal thing. Yes it is "killing", and the quicker it goes the less it hurts me! I helped my friend get his 1st elk a couple of weeks ago. I called the range at 507y and the elk moved before he could get on target. They then stopped at 470y and I gave him the range again. In his inexperience he did not think the yardage change would make enough diff to mess with. Unfortunately he hit the cow in the spine putting her down but not out. We had to make the trek to her in order to finish. By the time we got into a place where he could make a final shot we were close enough that the cow was in a panic making the finishing shot that much more difficult. He shot her in the neck but hit a bit low and did not shut her off and she required another in the base of the skull from point blank. I apologized to him for having to go through that on his 1st elk. There were good lessons learned for all of us on that one. If causing an animal to go through that does not effect you emotionally, you are a harder person than I am. The more I hunt the animals the more admiration I have for them. I don't want to "hurt" them, if that makes sense. A good bullet (that can handle the imperfect shot) through the lungs is quickest, cleanest, most reliable shot. I don't mind breaking down shoulders and taking lungs to keep animal travel after the shot to a min, but prefer the pure lung shot to minimize meat loss. Steve [/QUOTE]
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