Hello Colony,
Congrats on your 4 point. As others have said pretty much any bullet to the neck/bone will drop the animal.Also a artery hit will cause a fast bleed out and a good trail.
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Which brings up another point. Many hunters do not follow up on their shot. When the animal does not fall over dead they assume that they missed it. An elk hunter argued that he had not hit a big 7x7 bull but I saw dust fly off the animal. The hunter drove off for home and I went after that elk. Found it dead about 700 yards away. The guy was mad as hades when I told him about tagging his elk.
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Okie,
Most hunters greatly under estimate just how hardy animals can be. My grandfather always insisted that Elk should alway be shot twice. Once in the shoulder to anchor the animal and a follow up into the boiler room. I learned this the hardway in 64' I shot my first Elk w/in 100 yards right into the boiler room. The Elk was dead on his feet however he ran another 100yards straight away and an additional few hundred yards straight down into the bottom canyon. It took us forever and a day to get him up out of there.
Every Elk and Moose since has been 1st shot to the shoulder
IMHO the number one reason hunters miss thier shot is poor range OVER estimation "I better hold high". The first shot hold should always be directly on the kill zone anything out to 230yards.. There is more than enough time to dope that shot and make the 2nd follow up shot if needed.
Again your spot on Okie. Hunters should always be in the habit to go inspect the impact area thoroughly for sign a trick is to mark your shooting spot with a toilet paper flag so you have a back reference to help guide you.
Peace
and Merry Christmas to all
Tal~