Well now Dart, I don't think I studdered. Shot placement is BULL! There, thet plain enuff? Shot selection is what's key. You aim fer the middle of the kill zone presented. If the opportunity ain't good, you pass. Tryin' to pick out the heart on a movin' animal, with wind, partial obstruction, an' a hard breathin' triggerman ain't wise. Sure, onct in a while you git lucky. But don't tell fellers to plan on usin' their lil' gopher bullets on wapiti 'cause they can git lucky onct in a while. You aim fer the middle of the kill zone presented, thet way you got room fer those other factors to put you off a lil'. Poorly hit elk can run farther then mos' hunters can persue. Shot placement is a myth, spread by overactive imaginations with lil' experience hunting unner real conditions. Yer turn.

BJ