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heres a basic fact...
Ive had a lot more guys in camp useing .338-.375 bullets in the 250-300 grain range leave exit wounds on ELK than the .257-.308 cals in the 100-150 grain range and while good hits from either result in dead ELK, I can,t believe anyone thinks the larger calibers don,t hit harder and do more damage with similar bullet designs.
I sure noticed a differance in how fast ELK dropped when swapping from a 30/06 to a 340 wby!(notice I didn,t say it killed better, but it sure tends to get a more noticable reaction on bullet impact)
I think we are discussing this ONLY because ELK don,t generally get VINDICTIVE,seak out and KILL hunters when wounded, if they tended to react like cape buffalo or lion do at times I doubt we would be even thinking about useing the lighter calibers. ITS only because ELK tend to run off and drop dead rather than charge IMPALE and shread thier tormentors with those large pointed racks, when wounded that makes this even a subject too discuss!