Some of what I said was a little overboard but some also had merit. What I wonder is was the shot really taken at 200 yards. The 140 gr. 7mm has a good sectional density and the bullet was monolithic on top of that. If the shot really was taken from that distance, into ribs no less, the retained velocity and density should have carried the bullets through. Lesser 7mm's w/a 140 gr.barnes bullet could penetrate both shoulders and exit from that quoted range. We're supposed to believe that that load which would be effective on elk under similar circumstances had trouble penetrating a deer? 3 of them no less. Again, it don't add up. If the animal was way out of range and hit too far back, I could understand a slow death. But with those bullets and that cartridge, complete penetration through both ribs at much greater range is likely.