Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Are premium bullets needed for elk?

Many hunters reach an age and a point in their hunting career when taking any available shot to put an elk on the ground isn't a must do thing, including myself. At times, putting the safety back on seems a prudent thing to do.The older I get the fussier I get as to what shots I take.Probably muzzle loader hunting pushed me in that direction, although now days I guess there are even premium bullets for muzzle loaders. The 220 gr round nose C&C moving slow but steady killed a lot of elk, but I also used 180 gr partitions if not in the dark timber.

I agree with Coyote Hunter. The faster you push a bullet ,the more need for a premium bullet. This seemed to be a hard lesson to learn for the folks that started using magum velocities cartridges and C&C bullets,then promptly cried bullet failure. Kiling elk isn't all that hard.