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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: CP on August 25, 2015, 01:23:20 PM

Title: How far?
Post by: CP on August 25, 2015, 01:23:20 PM: How far can elk run after being hit with a well placed arrow?
Title: Re: How far?
Post by: Elkterd on August 25, 2015, 01:32:31 PM: Till they fall over :dunno:
Title: Re: How far?
Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 25, 2015, 01:42:59 PM: Quote from: Elkterd on August 25, 2015, 01:32:31 PM
Till they fall over :dunno:
:chuckle: :violent1:
Title: Re: How far?
Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 25, 2015, 01:43:48 PM: Quote from: CP on August 25, 2015, 01:23:20 PM
How far can elk run after being hit with a well placed arrow?
Seriously though I have seen elk run 20 yards and 200 on a double lung hit.
Title: Re: How far?
Post by: BIGDOG253 on August 25, 2015, 01:44:53 PM: If Im shooting, probably wont make it 10 yards :tup:
Title: Re: How far?
Post by: RadSav on August 25, 2015, 01:53:50 PM: Depends on a lot of factors. We have a lot of our elk go down in less than 10 yards. Others have been surprisingly long.

Blade sharpness, blade material, blade hardness all play a role. As does each person's definition of "Well Placed". My big Oregon 7X7 never took a step. He flinched as the arrow went through, then about a second later his legs buckled and bounced a few times and down he went right were he stood when the arrow hit. A similar shot on a spike bull using a softer stainless two blade head resulted in a blood trail of over a quarter mile before I put another arrow in him with a lucky 120 yard shot. Who knows how much further he could have gone without that one :dunno:

You put a three or four blade head through the aortic arch and no elk is going to make it 50 yards. Center both lungs with a sharp head and no elk is going to make it 100 yards. Miss the heart and only get one lung...could be a long day! That's why angle of shot is so important when hunting elk. Try to picture the path of the arrow through the animal. If you can not get both lungs or hit the top of the heart - best to wait for a better shot! Toughest game animal in all of North America if you don't get double lung. Or you shoot soft blades.

I would say our "Average" recovery distance on elk taken with a "Well Placed" arrow had been less than 50 yards. Probably more like 30 when going through the aortic arch.
Title: Re: How far?
Post by: Nice Racks on August 25, 2015, 02:55:56 PM: Put a liver shot on a bull lat year and he went about 120 yards.
Title: Re: How far?
Post by: Caseknife on August 26, 2015, 05:02:15 PM: A classmate of mine in college shot a spike bull in rifle season that had a broadhead inside the pericardial sac. The broadhead was covered with scar tissue. That was one tough animal.
Title: Re: How far?
Post by: Duckslayer89 on August 26, 2015, 05:36:23 PM: One lunged a cow at 55 yards, she lived four hours. I judged 50 yards she was 55. Bumped her tracking her, and we stayed in the same spot as when we bumped her. Then we heard a death growl/moan for about 2 minutes and that was it. So maybe not how far, but how long they live. If you don't hear a crash and tumble I say give it 4 hours before going in.