Went out with a friend 2 days before my tag opened. He had a mule deer and cow elk tag in the same unit I was hunting. We went to the southeastern part of the unit after a snow storm rolled through hiked up about 1.5 miles from where I set up camp and saw lots of critters. We had a pair of...
Well my bull fell to the 9.3 250AB launched at 2500 impacted at 220 yards @2125 ish and 2500 FPE Textbook broadside shot. Hit the edge of the scapula about a 1/2" in and took out both lungs. Bullet was recovered against the offside hide and had mushroomed out to about 1/2" in diameter. I lost it...
I'd run Partitions they will help out a bit if you get a longer shot with a higher BC. I don't know what range your shooting at but that's what I would do.