Falcon, with some deer and elk you are absolutely correct about lung shots. With others you couldn't be more wrong. It is all pretty much up to that animal shot on that day. I've seen deer and elk both go a lot longer than 75 yards with a perfect double lung shot. And I've seen both drop right there or very close. What I have never seen is either go very far at all with both shoulders taken out. A couple of pounds of bloodshot meat is well worth it when you are faced with the possibility of losing the animal due to other hunters or it crossing onto property you can't go after it on.
MountainDevil54, you've only taken one elk in your life? Here I was under the impression you were supposed to be some kind of expert on elk hunting given you live in one of the best elk states in the country. You are always talking about how this bullet or that performs on elk. But you have no real world self experience? That's good to know.deleted by JW