They probably don't know how to remove them at the joint and didn't pack their chainsaw. I've packed a few out for my dog but I still separated them and just carried by hand. She used to love deer legs and Elk legs and such and I always felt bad leaving her at home so it was fun bringing the treats.
I never could figure out this "margin of error" thing people like to throw out. How many 30 caliber TTSX does it take to kill an Elk with gut shots if it takes 4 in the vitals? I see it all the time, not just referring to you Wabash, like a 300 WM kills them if you shoot them in the toe with it...
You obviously took a lot of time to write that, so I read it. It's all been addressed and debunked before.
A guy already gave you a link to 600 pages of your bottom line kills examples. Whether you read it or not is up to you, appears you haven't bothered yet.
You have this fantasy about how terminal ballistics work and basing all your arguments upon that fantasy.
Also, apparently your TTSX didn't do the job if you had to shoot it 4 freaking times in the vitals even though you claimed it had 1600 ft lbs energy at impact. Perhaps you should upgrade to...
You referring to the wound channel that's larger from a TMK or M in pretty much any cartridge than your 308 TTSX? Too bad your friends can't shoot or you could've measured how small it was.
Dang that's significant. I was planning to use lever to work up something for wife's 6 arc. I'll be working on it shooting 90+ degrees in Texas and she could be hunting in single digits.
Shanks are where it's at. If you forced me to give away a shank or a backstrap I'd be keeping the shank. We do them sometimes in the slow cooker but often times in the pressure cooker, usually pressure for various potroast concoctions. Somebody else said it too, neck works great as well.