The Infamous Shoulder Shot Question
- Thread starter Mountain Goat
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I try to get hunters that I guide to shoot the lungs. 4 reasons, one it kills the elk, two I get a blood trail, three I have seen a lot of elk shoulder shot and run out of the country, 4 it offers a huge kill target.
In general, if you hit an elk hard in the lungs, the animal sort of freezes and shudders, and offers a second shot. again, shoulder shots that break a single leg will have the animal off to the races. I have video on this very thing,
hardpan
In general, if you hit an elk hard in the lungs, the animal sort of freezes and shudders, and offers a second shot. again, shoulder shots that break a single leg will have the animal off to the races. I have video on this very thing,
hardpan
DrMike
Ballistician
- Nov 8, 2006
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This happens so frequently as to be a maxim. The only animal I've seen that can move faster than a elk with a broken shoulder is a grizzly with one broken shoulder. They can move amazingly fast.
