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If they are worked up, they can take a bit of time to bleed out &/or shut down, that's for sure.

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I shot several Elk's with the cartridge 9,3x64 Brenneke and the 19g TUG bullet with varying effects, but even if the deers did not die immediately, they stayed on the place.

The only problem I had by hunting Elk's was with a rifle caliber 300 RUM and a 180gr Scirocco bullet from Swift. Lack of depth penetration of the bullet after a long range shot. I had to look for it, but luckily I found the wounded Elk after many hours of tracking.

Thereafter I switched back to a bigger caliber, the cartridge 340 Weatherby Magnum and the 250gr GK bullet from Sierra, with which I also had very good results.

I also saw how a big Elk was shot with the cartridge 7mm Rem Mag. Despite good shot placements, the deer needed several shots to die.

In older North American hunting papers, the cartridge 338 Winchester Magnum was always referred as the Elk cartridge.

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