Those 2 fewer inches of wind drift a 300 mag gets you wouldn't have killed that bull. Quartering away shots are difficult, even on a target as big as an elk. Miss one way you blow up a hind quarter and lose a lot of meat (and possibly lose the animal because elk can run a long way after a Texas Heart Shot) and a miss the other way and you get a clean miss like the hunter in this video got.

Growing up in Wyoming, shooting with wind becomes part of your DNA. The shooter took responsibility for his miss. He took the same shot twice and missed. If you ever get the opportunity for a second shot after a miss and you make the same exact shot, you'll get the exact same results.

Last edited by WyColoCowboy; 03/30/17.

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