Quite a few gun writers and the industry fanned the flames of the necessity for a "big gun" for elk back in the 70's. This really never subsided unless you harvest a number of elk and see the earlier claims were over blown. It's natural that people like to defend their personal choice.
It still comes down to using whatever you have confidence in.
Ok, start fighting again...................
Used to drive me nuts when Jim Carmicheal would advocate a 338WM as "minimum" for elk..........
