I shot an elk slight quartering away at 250 yards with a 30-06, 180 grain and the bullet went in behind the last rib and embedded in the right front shoulder. He ran downhill about 800 vertical feet and then back up the other side about 300 vertical feet before he collapsed in the green timber. I blew up the liver and both lungs. They are damn tough animals. Any more, I try to go for a slight lower target and get a heart/lung shot. The last two I've hit with heart lung and they dropped almost immediately.

But that being said, I'd still never take a light caliber gun elk hunting. I want abig hole and big blood loss.


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