I read all the magazine hoopla on how big and tough elk are and how long the ranges can be, I went with a 28" barreled custom 338-378 WBY firing the original 250 gr Barnes-X bullets at 3350 fps.
, had a small sandbag in my pack and a {merge together} range finder. lol
Shot my bull, [4x5] at 30 yards in the dark timber, could have hit him with a damn rock.
While dressing my bull a nice 4x4 velvet mulie crossed up a couple benches above me, popped him with a bloody trigger finger, lol, in those days you could buy a bull elk and mule deer tag over the counter, it was Colorado circa 1994, a fine hunt it was.
