I've considered the possibility that I hit the shoulder, but the blood spot was back and down from the shoulder blade from what I saw, and my partner concurred. I've shot arrows into bone and solid objects before, and the nock does indeed often fly out but almost always it pops out back in the direction the arrow came from. This nock travelled almost directly parallel to the elk..he was going across left to right, the nock ended up about 30 yard to to the left of him and almost directly in line with his travel. Almost like the arrow hit him sideways, flinging the nock out. I've never seen one fly that far from bone impact either. Still, it is indeed a possibility that I did hit the shoulder. I would have expected the arrow to break off as he entered the bush, and I looked hard, but no luck.
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