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I think a High Shoulder shot would involve trauma to the spine it's self. A mid shoulder shot would be more what would involve the brachial plexus. I think for me using a little more foreword point of aim in the chest has helped. I believe this to be because of involvement of trauma to the brachial plexus and also the anatomical change ruminants have had to make to supply the needed room for the four compartment ed stomach. I.E. the rumen actually takes up a lot of the distal rib cage on the animals left side. If one looks closely the diaphragm on a elk is at about rib number 7. On a side note I think that is why bovine are predisposed to pnumonia. There is simply too much pressure on the thorax by the rumen