A friend of mine shot a bull elk at 275 yds. entering into the timber with a 7mm RUM using Remington 140 gr. Nosler Partition. The bull was quarting away from him, so he had to hit him far back to hit the vitals aiming for the far front shoulder. We waited one hour before him and another friend went looking for him. Seven hours and five miles later they found him; the bullet never reached the vitals. They found him bedded down, and finnished him off with another shot. The first shot was the only one he had, and he thought velocity would make up for sectional density, so he took it.

I am loading him 175 gr. Barnes XFB's this year, so the same scenario has less of a chance of happening again. I was there and it is something I never want to experence again.

Good luck.