It’s really not so much about bullets and the right cal muzzle loader. Or the projectile and its terminal velocity instead it’s about marksmanship and where to place your shot . I’ve killed, as I recall, four cows with my 120 gr 257 AI. All shots took out lungs and a piece of heart. No they didn’t drop in their tracks like a magazine article but they couldn’t make the high ground so they were mine. You can shoot any mature bull or cow even with a 460 Weatherby but if it’s a poor bone free hit of the anatomy these ungulates can take off and cover enough ground that if it’s towards sunset you’ll find your game gnawed on without its tongue next day.
Go ahead a play the terminal ballistics game into wet newspaper or gelatin but understand neither of these tests include adrenaline. A wounded elk goes from 120 volts to 440 volts and the longer it takes to succumb the worse it tastes
Rick
