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I happen to like the .338 WM and the .340 Bee Mag, but I have killed elk with the .30-06 and with the 7mm Mag. I also lost an elk with a 7mm Rem Mag. He was well shot and just did not know it. I also shot an elk 3 times with a 180 grain Fail Safe, .30-06 in the lungs before he expired.
So, nowadays with all the other hunters on public land, I like the .338's for bang flop elk hunting!
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George, that's awfully kind of you to say... for me, there's "elk hunting," and "hunting." Elk hunting in the backcountry is a LOT of work but I'm still physically able to keep it up for the foreseeable future and that passion hasn't really dimmed.
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So, nowadays with all the other hunters on public land, I like the .338's for bang flop elk hunting!
I've shot elk with the 338 WM that needed more than one! Elk are all individuals, and some don't know they're dead no matter what you hit them with.
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Brad, That is another nice bull there! Congrats.
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So, nowadays with all the other hunters on public land, I like the .338's for bang flop elk hunting!
I've shot elk with the 338 WM that needed more than one! Elk are all individuals, and some don't know they're dead no matter what you hit them with. That be true.They seem to hold on to life better than say a moose bear ect.
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Another 300WSM, Sako A7. Sort of a Sikka.
Brad, you got a bull? Sweet!
Pic? Sammers you sure that isn't Seka... Dober
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Montana Math
4 TSX's to kill a bull.
1 Nosler Partition to kill a bull.
That says it all.
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And my 22/250 took....ah forget about it this thread will really go in the toidy... Dober
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I already know about Montanan's and their high velocity 22's! Buddy of mine in Anaconda won't use anything but a 220 Swift.
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Swift elk.....let the "Flames" begin.............grin!!!
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Nice bull, Brad...and nice job,too!.......and I would not take any crappola about shooting something 4 times either.Anyone who says they always kill...one shot..if they are truthful,have not killed much at all...or hunt petting zoo's.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Montana Math
4 TSX's to kill a bull.
1 Nosler Partition to kill a bull.
That says it all.
Hehe....!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I need to Brad. Hell, just bought a rifle to pack in the hills so I better.
Just got off the phone with Johnny Loco and said he got into some(at a bit of a distance) today. Got me a little horned up! I'll point you right up those hills I saw those critters in! Time for you to get those flat land legs moving in a vertical direction..
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scenars, great pics man, nice bulls!
The Swift might not be my first choice in the timber, but I sure wouldn't feel handicapped out in the open like in your pic.
Cool.
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4 TSX's to kill a bull.
1 Nosler Partition to kill a bull.
That says it all.
Hehe....! That IS funny!
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Funny how it goes sometimes....Want to find a bull?...go coyote hunting...Want to find a bunch of coyotes? Go elk hunting....grin! I've killed a few bulls with the swift and a few coyotes with my .338LM!!
I dont use the swift for anything larger than coyotes now but will always believe that shot placement trumps everything else...
I was out calling dogs the day I ran into that bull over by Ringling, Montana...I put two 55gr ballistic tips into his ribs from the black ridge behind me...150 yards or so. He never went 10 feet.
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not trying to pic a fight Brad but why are you so mean and angry?
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Swift elk.....let the "Flames" begin.............grin!!! Gotta love the old Horn hat No flames here, I like you have seen what the 22's can do to big (and small) critters. Dober
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Seeing that's four years ago, you're right. It's four. Woulda sworn it was two. I'm flattered you keep better count of what I shoot than I do. No I was just amazed it took four shots to kill that skinny bag of bones. Must suck to be caught in a lie. When I found out you're the blowhard that snipes elk off your dad's back porch the reason you're an azz became clear. You can't/don't hunt elk... you shoot elk. Wrong again that would be my front porch... Aside, you're still a complete and utter jackazz in my book. I thought you where suppose to be a Christian, and go to Church maybe not. Anyways it appears you cant Carrier on a civil conversation without attacking someone without the use of cuss words or trying to belittle them, why are you so bitter is your life that bad. Maybe you need to step back and reread some of your post, than ask yourself, What would Jesus think. just a thought. So from here on out I will have to have you on ignore.
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All that to put someone on ignore?
Longwinded little [bleep], ain't ya?
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