shootbrownelk
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The bullet plays a bigger factor.Lung shot but caliber also plays a factor.
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The bullet plays a bigger factor.Lung shot but caliber also plays a factor.
It's a good thing you were using a heavier bullet and hit the ribs. However, had you hit the shoulder it would have been a mess. Too much speed for that kind of bullet at that close range.I shot a deer at 30 yards with a 300 Win. Mag. this fall. The deer was broadside and the bullet center-punched the lungs. I was shooting a cheap 180 grain soft point. Deer was dead within 10 yards. There was no meat damage other than to a few ribs. Even the heart was undamaged and delicious.
True. I've shot quite a bit of game from pronghorn to elk with a .270 Win., 50 cal muzzleloader and .300 Win. Mag. I've noticed no matter what I shoot (in my limited experience) a broadside rib (lung) shot typically does very little damage to the meat. I shot my first bull elk when I was a youth with a 270 Win. pushing a 150 core lokt. The first bullet impacted the humerus and did incredible damage to that front quarter. I found the jacket between the on-side shoulder and the ribcage. Luckily a follow-up shot went behind the shoulder and killed the elk.It's a good thing you were using a heavier bullet and hit the ribs. However, had you hit the shoulder it would have been a mess. Too much speed for that kind of bullet at that close range.