I hear what rcmagulia is saying and although it could have been said in a much nicer more constructive way, well its true.
With a good dope the setup for that shot would have been fairly quick range it, range it, range it and range it again. Range in front of it behind it and on it be sure of the distance of the animal. Check the angle dial in the corrected dope. Check the wind chances are where that elk was standing next to that cliff if there was any wind it would most likely be an up or down draft. Spotter on and send it. Dialing in a correction after a miss is often a second miss. In this case it was ok because it was only an elevation correction due to bad input and the animal was not spooked. Just a thought but hold off the splash and get another round in the air under the same conditions as quickly as possible.
Where was the POA for the shot? high shoulder? center? What was the true angle? it had to be at least 30* even on a high shoulder to miss.
Live and learn I bet the next time angle will be in your mind as much as anything else
