Here's my .02. First elk I got I shot with a .270 using 140
grain bullets. Elk walked off and dropped dead within 40 yds.
The 2nd one I put 7 bullets into it before it dropped. I high
fived the guide gave him my gun and headed to where we had
tied the mules to get my camera. I'm halfway to the mules
and I hear him start shooting. When I get back he asks me
if I had any more bullets because the elk had got up and
ran off. We caught up to the elk and I had to put another
bullet into it before it died. When we skinned it, we saw
numerous shots right in the vitals. Go figure 1 bull drops
and the other takes a whole lot of killing. I bought a .338
the next year. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>