Sprint1006
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So I was able to harvest a coyote and a cow elk yesterday morning. Good news is the 8.6 worked and it busted through an elk shoulder at about 120 yards. Bad news was once the bullet was inside it really didn’t do that much damage. The bullet stayed on a straight line path and put multiple holes and quite a bit of bruising in the front part of the lungs, but there was no frothing at all and no blood trail of any sort. Luckily she was standing not far from the first shot and I was able to hit her again. She moved upon the second shot and I hit her in front of the shoulders. She only went a couple feet then and died. While I was impressed the little round destroyed an elk shoulder, if we would have had to track her there was no blood to follow even in the snow. I didn’t want to hit her in the shoulder and think blood would have been better if I had hit her in the lungs or heart but still should have been some. I didn’t get a chance to take photos of the damage as we were fighting rain and snow. Just rushed to get it done and keep the meat dry. I did find one petal exit back in the stomach area but did not find the actual bullet even though it didn’t exit. All in all I was impressed with the 8.6 getting through the shoulder I am a bit worried about the lack of damage to the lungs and complete lack of blood trail.