If there's bubble on the blood trail it ain't a muscle shot. But it would seem that he hit the bull in the hard shoulder blade. I guess i would recomend hitting him on the tip of the lungs for a sure pass throughm
He didn't say there were bubbles in the blood. But, you said it was a dead elk. Really, you would recommend hitting them in the lungs? Good to know.
Chasing a single lung hit elk is something that nightmares are made of. And in don't think this is the case. Sounds like a shoulder hit and the elk is alive and probably more well then you'd imagine. Go fill your tag .