Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting 165 grain Nosler Partition, .30 cal., on Elk, Your thoughts?

I shot a bull elk a number of years ago on an outfitted hunt in Wyoming. I used a 210 grains Nosler Partition in my Ruger 77 .338 Mag. I hit the bull in the shoulder, the N.P. blasted through and took out a lung and ribs on the off side. Bull took a couple of steps and was down.

I was using 78.0 grains of Norma MRP, scooting along at about 2,900 +/- FPS. The range on that elk was about 175 yards.

I've been on six outfitted elk hunts in four western States. I have never had a guide or outfitter refer to the Nosler Partition bullet as a "tracker." I have certainly heard outfitters and guides talk about inaccurate shooting leading to "hard tracking."

L.W.