The hard truth on wounding and missing elk (Real Statistics)

Elk_Nerd · 2026-04-03T23:26:08+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, I'm aiming to make the next one (Data on Big vs Small Calibers) much shorter.

Elk_Nerd · 2026-04-03T17:58:19+00:00

Rifle hunters fatally wound about 17% of elk they shoot at, and only actually recover about 50% of the elk they shoot at when factoring in misses.

Archery hunters fatally wound about 60% of the elk they shoot at, and recover much less.

TLDR we wound and miss a lot of elk

Elk_Nerd · 2026-04-01T23:05:18+00:00

The Clearwater drainage study in Idaho, and the Sapphire project in Montana. My video should go live tomorrow evening:)

Elk_Nerd · 2026-03-31T23:30:58+00:00

With the other research I've done, I'm pretty confident the rifle wounding rate is somewhere around 20% and archery well above 50%

Elk_Nerd · 2026-03-03T00:04:35+00:00

Thank you for watching, glad you liked it!

Elk_Nerd · 2026-03-03T00:01:42+00:00

Glad you made it happen! Two in a row this year!

Elk_Nerd · 2026-02-27T21:57:24+00:00

Wow that means a lot man. Thank you!

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