It just goes to show you. To try to shoot an animal in the head is just plain irresponsible. If he had taken out the heart, lungs and legs first then he would not have had to shoot it three times.
Don' t blame the 270 for not having enough power for elk, blame the guy behind the trigger for this one!
We are both amazed how tough it is to put an animal down when he is full of adrenalin.
The animal wasn' t the problem. The problem was Kev should have taken the third shot first.