RE: Best place to shoot an elk??
Yeah, they do. Most animals die from a lung shot the first time they let their breath out after being shot often when they land after jumping something, just over a fence, just over a log, or at the bottom of a wash and just across the bottom. if you pay attention(and you obviously dont) they frequently pile up at a spot where they land. case and point - I shot a 6x6 in the beartooths at @35yds with a 270 and the biggest bullets offered. took out both lungs he went straight down hill a couple miles and he piled up when he jumped off a little ledge about 4ft high.