Good question!!
I don’t want to carry elk meat or a large buck up steep terrain. On the plains or It’s possible to get close via. pickup or horse or other such means then lung shots may be fine.
If you’re old like me, and you shoot a big animal you do not want it to run where it means steep ravines, flowing rivers etc. then a shoulder shot may not look to bad.
If I’m unsure what the hunt will bring, I want a bullet that expands if shot through the lungs and holds together if the shot is in the shoulder. For deer I depend usually on good non-premium bullets - first choice Interlocks, because my rifle may likely be ‘06 class. For bigger animals and the velocity of the bullet is say up to 3,000+ fps, then premiums, for me that usually means Partitions - my first choice, my rifle choice will likely be a magnum (7mm, 300, 338 or??)
