I have heard many times Elk can absorb a lot of bullets.
Shoot them and they stand there like they were not hit.
I also see good 1 shot kills on big elk where they just crumple.
Was it a spin shot?
I have killed many deer but no elk or bear or big critters like that.
I have noticed though for quick drop in your tracks kills the bullet needs to create a lot of trauma.
Heavy constructed bullets or too low of velocity on impact to get the bullet to create trauma have resulted in game that
you have to track or put more bullets into it.
My 30-30 was the worst offender of all my rifles. 90% of the shots just penciled through and the deer took off.
Using exposed lead tipped 150 gr and 170 gr 30-30 bullets.
Getting onto the .308 I found a bullet that would just pencil through. yea it would put a rip in the heart or a hole in a lung but the tiny pencil holes just do not kill quick.
Do these big honkin 200+ gr bullets many people like to use just not create enough trauma?
That is the question that goes through my mind.
For hogs and whitetails my 55 Vmax is top shelf on my list.
Not the 55 SP Hornady though.. not even close to the same performance.
It just makes a tiny mushroom.
I have had excellent results with the Amax line 155-168-178.
Yea those last ones will ruin some shoulders though. But bang flop is better than tracking.
Shoot them and they stand there like they were not hit.
I also see good 1 shot kills on big elk where they just crumple.
Was it a spin shot?
I have killed many deer but no elk or bear or big critters like that.
I have noticed though for quick drop in your tracks kills the bullet needs to create a lot of trauma.
Heavy constructed bullets or too low of velocity on impact to get the bullet to create trauma have resulted in game that
you have to track or put more bullets into it.
My 30-30 was the worst offender of all my rifles. 90% of the shots just penciled through and the deer took off.
Using exposed lead tipped 150 gr and 170 gr 30-30 bullets.
Getting onto the .308 I found a bullet that would just pencil through. yea it would put a rip in the heart or a hole in a lung but the tiny pencil holes just do not kill quick.
Do these big honkin 200+ gr bullets many people like to use just not create enough trauma?
That is the question that goes through my mind.
For hogs and whitetails my 55 Vmax is top shelf on my list.
Not the 55 SP Hornady though.. not even close to the same performance.
It just makes a tiny mushroom.
I have had excellent results with the Amax line 155-168-178.
Yea those last ones will ruin some shoulders though. But bang flop is better than tracking.