My Son and I have shot a few Elk. One of the reasons I stick with a Nosler Partition or Barnes TSX or TTSX is my preference to anchor that critter by taking out 1 shoulder if possible. I’ve never lost an elk that was hit there with one of those projectiles, but I’ve seen a couple lost that could be contributed to explosive performance of a lesser constructed bullet. A bullet that shrapnels is going to kill that critter, but it can still go a 1/2 mile before it lays down to die in thick timber. Each to their own, but this is my experience after hunting elk for over 40 years. I prefer to keep the tracking to a minimum.
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