Three that were wounded says it all. Thanks for posting that.
You never heard of someone wounding an elk with a larger caliber. I witnessed a fellow hit a cow elk with a .30-30 at least five times before it fell. If it had been in timber and moving out do you think it would have made a difference to that cow with what it was wounded?
How far did the wounded elk go in the article? We don't know if they were part of the 11. Apparently several dropped soon after the shot.
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