Thanks for all the response. I wish I could say I hunted that bull for several days and finally closed the deal, but truth is, he was trailing 8 cows in an area I had only hunted a few times. Never saw him before that day. Was a long shot, using 50 cal. CVA Wolf, Blackhorn Powder and TC 370 grain maxi ball. I hit him a little back first shot. I climbed to search for blood but found none. I began tracking hoof prints and jumped him at 15 yards. He ran across an open area and the second shot was just to the right of the bung hole, traveling into his chest. That was the shot that quickly put him down. He did go maybe one hundred yards further going into the aspens. I found him shortly after searching the aspens. As deadly as a 50 cal. muzzle loader appears, it seems like a BB gun when confronting a hughe animal like an elk.
