I'm calling BS on that, where do you get your info to even think about saying that is a fact?A head on shot at deer is a bad idea too, let alone a elk. I have lost two deer and to this day I hate to think about it, one the deer jumped foward and I gut shot him. The other I hit very high andafter tracking him over 200 yards the light blood trail stoped. I was able to follow his tracks another 100 yards and then nothing.I have yet to loose a elk, or deer for that matterafter being hit through both lungs on a broadside shot. I have not yet wounded a elk and hadit get away never to be found again. That 6x6 bull that I told about so far has been my closest call with a elk. Like I said I didfind him, but not until it was too late and I lost the meat. I had to tag it in order to take the antlers, and I also had to because of my own ethics. I did have the choice by thelaw, to leave thatbull aloneand go hunt another elk. I evenbrought a F&G officer to the kill to show him the meat was bad, and asked what I should do.I knew I killed that bull and I felt I didn't have a right to kill another one. If a hunter hunts long enough, sooner or laterthey will have a animal get away from a marginal hit, that is a sadfact about bowhunting.But its one thing to have a marginal hit, and quite another to take a questionable shot. If what you say about killing 6 elk from head on shots is true, then you are so far a very lucky fellow. IMO your playing with fire and your going to get burned.