22-250 and 243's were the norm here while i was growing up, and still are.
Back in the 90's when there were lots of deer/elk in the area we'd get many depredation permits..My cull rifle was always a 22-250,even for elk. Just cows tho, pretty big difference between shooting a cow and a mature bull.
thats another trend around here when someone asks what to use for elk, we get gobs of pic's of 250lb cows "so and so bullet/cart drt this 'nice'cow"(they are always nice, for some reason)
