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Right behind that shoulder, just about elbow height
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After rereading post, what are you calling the elbow. The third joint up from the hoof? If so the shot was the little low.
No matter what I'm hunting with (and I do use a 243 depending on conditions), I try to place my shot 6 - 8 inches up from the bottom of the belly and right behind the shoulder. This shot will aways hit the lungs and depending on shooting angle will hit the Heart/Kinney area.
I have taken dozens of deer with a 243 with no problem but a bad shot ( and we all make them) is a bad shot no matter what caliber you are using.
