I’m signed up for a Montana 2021 elk/mule deer combo and I’m looking for advice on what ammo I should use. I do not reload so I have to rely on factory offerings. I used Hornady Precision Hunter 300wm 200 gr 3 years ago on an elk hunt in Colorado. Although I successfully harvested a decent bull at a touch over 300 yards I’d like to consider another round. The precision’s were fatal and dropped him in his tracks requiring a few follow ups to ultimately ensure I finished him off (guide told us that morning how tuff elk were and have been known to get back up after being knocked do so keep shoot until they stop moving). My issue is if he didn’t fall I wouldn’t have had much of any blood to follow due to none of my hits passing through. Should that concern me or am I over thinking things?
