roasts out of a front shoulder? we usually only get jerky out of the small amount of meat on the front shoulders. I honestly hate cutting up the front shoulders due to the lack of meat on them. Now on an elk or a really big mule deer, its a different story. I too, hate taking shoulder shots, but without doing it, i wouldnt have known what kind of performance the bullet would offer. After seeing this, i think i'd give it a double lung shot try on an elk. The bullet held up great and excellent blood trail.