225 grn TSX through an elk shoulder - 10/19/14
I shot an elk this week. A medium sized 4x3 bull. Shot him in the shoulder, but didn't mean to. A few years ago I killed an elk with a 30 cal 180 grn partition and it ruined almost an entire shoulder. I told myself I would avoid that in the future if I could.
This time it was with a 225 grn TSX fired from a .35 Whelen. The wife was butchering the shoulder this afternoon and found the bullet, lodged just under the skin on the far side. I was kind of surprised it didn't exit, but it killed the bull where it stood. It did not take even one step. And I'll bet that we didn't cut away more than one big handful of bloodshot meat.
I have a new Apple and I cannot figure out how to keep this new post window open and then open Photobucket to copy the image link, so I'll make another post that shows what the entry wound to that shoulder looked like, and then the bullet
This time it was with a 225 grn TSX fired from a .35 Whelen. The wife was butchering the shoulder this afternoon and found the bullet, lodged just under the skin on the far side. I was kind of surprised it didn't exit, but it killed the bull where it stood. It did not take even one step. And I'll bet that we didn't cut away more than one big handful of bloodshot meat.
I have a new Apple and I cannot figure out how to keep this new post window open and then open Photobucket to copy the image link, so I'll make another post that shows what the entry wound to that shoulder looked like, and then the bullet