We are back from RSA, 56k beware pics
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Thanks for the advice!
Just a quick note to say thanks for your original posting, particularly the bit about the eland. When I shot mine last week, I had exactly the same situation you faced -- an animal facing almost head-on. By nature, the crosshairs settled in the area between the shoulder and the neck, but at the last moment I recalled your posting and moved the crosshairs back to the point of the near shoulder before touching off a round in my .30/06.
Had I done what came naturally and neglected your advice, I have no doubt that I would have lost the animal. As it was, the 180 grain Hornady spire point broke up the shoulder joint but did *not* make it into the chest cavity. Truly, an eland has to be seen up close before one can truly understand their size.
While it still took 2 more shots to get it on the ground and 2 more after that to keep it there, I know I owe you a huge debt of thanks for passing along the wherewithal to correctly place the first shot (even if, in retrospect, I wasn't using quite the right cartridge).
So thank you. You may have lost yours, but you truly saved mine.
Neo
Just a quick note to say thanks for your original posting, particularly the bit about the eland. When I shot mine last week, I had exactly the same situation you faced -- an animal facing almost head-on. By nature, the crosshairs settled in the area between the shoulder and the neck, but at the last moment I recalled your posting and moved the crosshairs back to the point of the near shoulder before touching off a round in my .30/06.
Had I done what came naturally and neglected your advice, I have no doubt that I would have lost the animal. As it was, the 180 grain Hornady spire point broke up the shoulder joint but did *not* make it into the chest cavity. Truly, an eland has to be seen up close before one can truly understand their size.
While it still took 2 more shots to get it on the ground and 2 more after that to keep it there, I know I owe you a huge debt of thanks for passing along the wherewithal to correctly place the first shot (even if, in retrospect, I wasn't using quite the right cartridge).
So thank you. You may have lost yours, but you truly saved mine.
Neo
