A ton of overkill beats an ounce of underkill.

Did someone mention elk in thick timber? There were four elk in the photo below as I recall. Even though I took the pic I can only find two, both of them close enough to reflect the camera flash in their eyes. It was raining, of course.

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My son hunts elk in the stuff above, consistently killing branched antler bulls. He moved from a 30-06 to a .338 for elk, though he has a 7mm mag and a 6mm in his arsenal, and killed a 6x6 with the 6 when it was the rifle in hand one time.

A long time friend of mine in BC shoots all big game with his 220 Swift: moose, grizzly, elk, whatever. He also roped and tied up an uninjured adult caribou bull. If you've got what it takes...