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<blockquote data-quote="deerwhacker444" data-source="post: 3052100" data-attributes="member: 9117"><p>I'm almost embarrassed to admit it, but it might save you some trouble, so here goes.</p><p></p><p>A couple pieces of advice that were given to me.</p><p></p><p>1) Don't stop shooting until the animal is down or you run out of cartridges.</p><p>2) Don't hump shoot it.</p><p></p><p>The size of these things threw me off a little and I violated #2 for a number of reasons. I had my rifle sighted in high expecting to have to make a long shot, I aimed for the top part of the shoulder, hoping for a CNS shot, and after crawling on my hands and knees to get close enough, I simply had "buck fever".</p><p></p><p>Throw all that together and I "hump shot" it on the 1st round. Went down like Zeus had hit it with a lightning bolt. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/qVN0zpb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>But, he immediately got back up. I took heart to #1 and already had a fresh round chambered. When he got back up, I put round #2thru a shoulder and the lungs and he was down for good.</p><p></p><p>So, don't do what I did. Study up on elk anatomy, don't get buck fever, and <u><strong>Don't</strong></u> hump shoot it.</p><p></p><p>And if you do hump shoot it, have another round ready.</p><p></p><p>In the end, 130gr. TSX worked perfectly.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/tn2ljhU.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerwhacker444, post: 3052100, member: 9117"] I'm almost embarrassed to admit it, but it might save you some trouble, so here goes. A couple pieces of advice that were given to me. 1) Don't stop shooting until the animal is down or you run out of cartridges. 2) Don't hump shoot it. The size of these things threw me off a little and I violated #2 for a number of reasons. I had my rifle sighted in high expecting to have to make a long shot, I aimed for the top part of the shoulder, hoping for a CNS shot, and after crawling on my hands and knees to get close enough, I simply had "buck fever". Throw all that together and I "hump shot" it on the 1st round. Went down like Zeus had hit it with a lightning bolt. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/qVN0zpb.jpg[/IMG] But, he immediately got back up. I took heart to #1 and already had a fresh round chambered. When he got back up, I put round #2thru a shoulder and the lungs and he was down for good. So, don't do what I did. Study up on elk anatomy, don't get buck fever, and [U][B]Don't[/B][/U] hump shoot it. And if you do hump shoot it, have another round ready. In the end, 130gr. TSX worked perfectly. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/tn2ljhU.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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