I killed a delicious spike bull elk in 1976 in the Blue Mountains with my grandfather's "coyote gun," a take-down 99 in .250-3000 with a Win 100 gr. Silvertip. One.
That said, it may have been the most classic case of greenhorn dumbass luck in the history of elk hunting. The tasty thing actually rolled downhill about 50 yards closer to my truck than it was when I shot it about 100 yards from the truck.
My Idaho elk hunting "friends" unanimously agreed that Californians should be banned from hunting elk in all states, and anyone who used less than a .270 should be horsewhipped. (But they ate the steaks anyway....). I fell back on my .30-40 Hiwall for the rest of my elk hunting.
Always hunt elk uphill from the truck! Archery hunting, had one run 400 yards straight at the truck once. Nicest elk in the mountains. I never did figure out how he knew where the truck was parked, but God Bless him just the same.
