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Old 06-06-2019, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by IAMhunt View Post
Most of the 30 or so elk I have killed we're shot in the neck or the spine, a few in the head, they dropped dead pretty much where they stood

And several of those at varying distances with lead cast bullets,
they are Elk, not Rhinoceros

From. 9 paces out to 350 yards/ metres ,
And I have witnessed first hand animals that had to be shot again, or tracked a long ways, after they dropped at the shot, and got up and ran off, after a neck shot. The spine is a small target, and a very small error can result in a wounded animal.
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