One quick note on "lead" cows, two of them I that have killed were both were missing several teeth, which restricted their ability to eat, hence they were tough. As pointed out earlier, I recommend IF possible shoot one farther back in the herd they eat better. Another thing which i have seen is that a very young animal is the first one out of the timber. I really believe they are also testing to see if it attacked by something.

Last edited by elkmen1; 09/20/21.