many many good elk cartridges to use and it does kinda depend on money,rifle you like and if you can handle reoil. my personal choice for regular elk hunting a 300 win. mag, long range elk hunting my custom 338 lapua but the next guy might like a 30-30 ,243 win. 30-06 whatever many ways to kill a elk,my biggest bull scored 374 B.C. and that was with a drawn bow and arrow. I still prefer a bow over a rifle so in my eyes any centerfire rifle or musket can kill a elk just fine if you know how to shoot well.
