@backfire I heard you say that the ELDx is your preferred hunting bullet and I want to know if it’s also what you taken elk with with the high shoulder shot. If yes, did it hold up?
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Yes, I do like the ELDX and yes we’ve used it for high shoulder shots on elk to fantastic success. The ELDX fragments but still gets around 20” of penetration.
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I have to admit I’ve come full circle on the ELD-X. I avoided using it for a long time because people talked about it being a grenade and I was worried about meat loss, but it really is such a great bullet. You’ll likely lose a bit more meat than if you used a mono, but it just kills animals so well. No free lunch.
Supposedly there’s a new’ish bullet from DRT that is fragmenting mono. Might be a good option for those with lead restrictions.
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I want to/need to try one myself. I’ve heard the same stories as you.
Took me a while though to find a rifle which likes them. But now I’ve got 2 which do.
Unfortunately I struck out on my Kansas tag this year. So it’s small NC does for me.
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Me and my hunting party have used Eldx for the past two seasons for elk and have went 5 for 5 with bulls that have dropped in there tracks. No need to blood trail when they are laying there. All 5 bullets were in the opposite shoulder hide Not much more than I could ask for. We had another Freind use a mono and great shot in the heart but had to trail for a while to recover.
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