30.06, Rem 770

[Larryjk]

bulletpusher, I don't disagree with most of what you have stated, but. Needing more than one shot may not be because of missing or putting the bullet in the wrong place. The moose I referred to had a heart that was mush because of more than one bullet passing through it. Should have I stopped shooting so I could say I killed him with one shot as I tried to get his carcass out of the beaver pond he was headed for? I didn't want him to get there and forgot the advice of an older moose hunter that said that even a .375 Mag. may not put a bull down instantly. He told me that they may take up to 5 minutes to discover they are dead. I also had to shoot a cow elk more than once to keep her from falling into a canyon I wanted to avoid bringing her carcass out of.
If I only hunted deer or antelope, I could say I have never had to use more than one shot; or if I had let the moose get into the beaver pond, or the cow elk fall off the rim into the canyon. But there were more serious considerations than making the kill with one shot. Understand that I am not advocating a "spray and pray" method of hunting, but one shot isn't always the ideal solution.