My first elk was a scrub bull taken at 301 yards....(Leica measured).....All it took was one shot from my .35 Whelen and a 225 grain partition bullet. Since then I have killed elk with a .280 Remington, a .30-06, and a .300 H&H......all one shot kills.....all worked nicely.....all with premium bullets (accubond, partition, and TTSX)
To say one is better than another is pure poppycock.....having said that, if I was to own a single elk rifle it would be a .338-06 simply as a "middle of the road" gun.....and it does have some "cool" factor which is worth very little in actual practice.
Last edited by vapodog; 08/18/19.
