Here's my take...Elk hunting last year in a stand, 6 bulls and 1 cow. I've got anantlerless draw tag. The young cow finally presents a broadside shot. I take it, it looksin my directionand so do the bulls, then they (including the cow)put there heads back down and start feeding on the oats again. I can't believe it, I missed. But I'm sure I hit it. I held right on the shoulder. This went on for about a 30 seconds (an eternity)before she started to stumble and then I knew I hit her, and it was about a full minute or two until she finally went down, that's when the bulls took off.
Anyways...had I not left mymagazine at home (3 hours away) I would have had1 or two more shots into the cow to make sure it went down...remember, I didn't even think I hit it even though I Knew I had to of. It just did not react to the shot at all. For those of you wondering I shot it with a 7MM RM with 154 gr. interbond boat tails. Turned out it was a lung shot.
I will shoot until brown is down!!!