Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Thoughts on a 6.5 creedmoor for African plains game including eland

I've read a few articles (having never been to Africa myself) from guys like Wayne Van Zwoll who took a 6.5 Creedmoor to Africa for plains game. It worked fine up to Eland, where it ended up being a bit of a rodeo. I've heard that same story a few times, that it worked fine until the hunter shot an Eland, where the bullet placement was fine, but the animal didn't die like it was supposed to. I found one of those articles:

https://www.africahunting.com/threads/the-6-5-creedmoor.36072/

In theory, picking a tough, heavy bullet in the 6.5 CM and placing your shots well should work fine, and I would do it, were I you. But I like stunt-shooting.

When on the final evening Don and I spied a bull far off, there was no approach. “Your call,” he shrugged. “The air is dead-still.” I snugged the sling, prone, and dialed to the yardage. Ribs spot-lit by a sinking sun, the bull paused. Craaack! The animal spun, sprinted and fell. That shot was twice as long as any I’d ever attempted at elk.