My hunting party has been killing elk in SW Colorado since the 70’s, probably 50-60 head in that time and mostly bulls in the last 20 years. I’ve only ever heard of one elk being hit and not recovered, there haven’t been any since I started going in 2001. The largest cartridge used would be a 30/06 or a 7RM. The vast majority have been killed with the 270WCF. That’s how I figured Boddington was FOS at an early age. He was always blowing about the 270 being too small for elk.
Most of the guys in camp are fond of Partitions though there is no agreement on weight and it hasn’t seemed to matter. The one uncle who is responsible for nearly half of our total is an especially big fan of the 150 NPT at 2750 in his 270 or the 162 Hornady from his 7 mag.
We’ve killed elk from 10 yards to over 500.
I’ve used the the 260, 257 and 270 Weatherbys, and the good old 30/06. Stick a good bullet in the front half and they’re done pretty soon.
Enlighten us about the 260 Weatherby you killed elk with....
Whoops. It was just a M7 in 260rem. Punctuation is important.
