marcusjb

It wasn't a good day yesterday. I took my bow out for some late season elk hunting. Along came a nice cow and I was thinking meat in the freezer. She was broadside.Well, it was a few yards further than I thought and I shot low, but pretty close behind the shoulder. I saw the shot clearly and I was thinking, "should have been a little higher, but that's a dead elk." The arrow penetrated both sides and I could just see the fletching protruding. One and a half miles of tracking later I gave up the trail. I was following little specks of blood spaced every 100 feet or so. The elk isn't going to die, but I am curious if anyone has made this particular shot, or can give me an idea of what happened. I'm assuming I hit too far back from the shoulder to hit the heart, even though it seemed fairly close to the shoulder.

furgitter

I dont know how far down the actual hit was. Mabe you never got inside the engine room,and all you got was a flesh wound.I refer to the rib cage as the engine room.Sounds like a flesh wound to me.

ash2042

I wish I could help you out, but I have never elk hunted. I would think though that you are right in saying that she will live especially after a mile and a half.

Rob/PA Bowyer

"I made a bad shot on this elk"....I expected to see an elk here.

Germ

I did not

Rob/PA Bowyer

I know you'd think I'd learn but I still take the English language for what it is. This one here, as apposed to "I made a bad shot on an elk"...I wouldn't expect to see one then. [&:]

mexhuntr

Yeah, me too, hmm bad news!!![:@]