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Shot a cow elk with a muzzleloader in CO that was so close I took exactly 4 steps to the first blood. She had a power burn on her shoulder so I doubt she was more than 6-8 feet when the ball hit her. I came around a blown down spruce and there she was. I nearly ran into her and she was just as surprised as I was. I double lunged her as she was beginning to move.
The wife had white and brown hair on her pants when I got up to her. I think it came from the shot. The neck was really tore up with hair everywhere, including on her pants.
-Jake