Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Thoughts on a 6.5 creedmoor for African plains game including eland

Here's a little sample of how big eland can get. This South African was taken with two shots from a .300 Winchester Magnum, since the first bullet (a highly regarded "premium" hit the leg bone just above the big shoulder joint and failed to penetrate the chest. Luckily, the bull trotted a few yards and then paused, and the second bullet went behind the shoulder.

The next problem was loading the eland into a Land Cruiser, to be cut up at the ranch's butcher shop. The first attempt involved a steel cable attached to another Land Cruiser, and an empty fuel drum used as a roller. After a few failed attempts, another old African solution was tried, digging holes for the rear tires to lower the bed of the Land Cruiser, and lots of manpower. That finally worked.