Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Elk reaction to shot?

I had a hunter last fall that had never shot an elk. On opening morning he shoots at a bull and because the bull walked off with no reaction he was on the verge of panic that he'd missed.

I was fairly sure that I'd heard the bullet hit and the bull crash down the hill.

Anyway he was piled up 40 yards away from the shot.

I've also had them DRT and also stagger around then fall.

I'm a big fan of shooting until they are dead on the ground. I think it was Tanner here on 24hr that said then walk up to them and empty another magazine into the chest.

Almost none of my hunters automatically reload and ready for a second shot. Telling them to reload and shoot again is pretty much an automatic reaction for me after the first shot. I follow the same when I'm hunting myself.

And many of my clients have hunted Africa and all around North America and they still don't automatically reload/shoot again.