The 139 Hornady had gone right behind the shoulder on the right side,

There is your problem with the 7x57. I've shot a huge amount of game, some of it a lot bigger than caribou. The 139 Hornady doesn't work worth a damn on whitetails when shot behind the shoulder either, they always run 40 or 50 yards and fall in the bottom of the biggest ditch in the area. I couldn't even guess how many head I've shot with one, but it's a lot, I've shot two head twice, one my son gut shot a running hartebeest and I finished it with a .338, the other was a buck, I let it lay down, followed it up about 45 minutes later and shot it again still laying down.