A 53 grain bullet won't even legal in most states, and open country elk? Come on buddy.
Thankfully I don't live in those states...
So, is it legal to hunt any elk, in any state with a .224 cal or 53 grain bullet?
Thankfully here in MT we trust people to have the good sense God gave a walnut. So yeah, it's legal here.
Don't make much sense to me to shoot an elk with a 22 centerfire, but I ain't from Montana either.
Some of you guys LIVE to make easy problems into difficult/complicated ones.
Buy a .243, call it a day, take the kid hunting.
Kinda been saying that.