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<blockquote data-quote="del2les" data-source="post: 1728031" data-attributes="member: 9299"><p>I had this happen a couple of times, one elk one dear. Sharp shoulder impact and DRT reaction, UNTIL. The elk went down in its tracks and did not twitch an ear, so I immediately got up and started my ascent. After a few minutes, I found a bloody spot where he had laid but no elk. I climbed a short knoll to look around, and about 200 yards away I saw him staggering through a thicket. With him walking straight away and below me, I placed another round into his spine between his shoulders. What should have been an easy retrieval became a far more complex.</p><p></p><p>The deer took a 220yd angled impact from a 130BT 270 into the right shoulder with a resounding crack/whop of breaking bone and instant drop, but upon leaving my hill overlook to transverse the tall grass, I lost sight of the animal. Once to the location, I could find no deer nor trace of blood. Only flattened grass where he had laid minutes before. After several minutes of searching/tracking, I found the buck lying in the grass and fully alert, so another shot was required.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, I recovered both of those animals, but it goes to show even a resounding impact and witnessed "good hit" area does not mean a dead animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="del2les, post: 1728031, member: 9299"] I had this happen a couple of times, one elk one dear. Sharp shoulder impact and DRT reaction, UNTIL. The elk went down in its tracks and did not twitch an ear, so I immediately got up and started my ascent. After a few minutes, I found a bloody spot where he had laid but no elk. I climbed a short knoll to look around, and about 200 yards away I saw him staggering through a thicket. With him walking straight away and below me, I placed another round into his spine between his shoulders. What should have been an easy retrieval became a far more complex. The deer took a 220yd angled impact from a 130BT 270 into the right shoulder with a resounding crack/whop of breaking bone and instant drop, but upon leaving my hill overlook to transverse the tall grass, I lost sight of the animal. Once to the location, I could find no deer nor trace of blood. Only flattened grass where he had laid minutes before. After several minutes of searching/tracking, I found the buck lying in the grass and fully alert, so another shot was required. Fortunately, I recovered both of those animals, but it goes to show even a resounding impact and witnessed "good hit" area does not mean a dead animal. [/QUOTE]
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