I live in the SE and get in an elk hunt most years. I’d have no problems going the 06 or 7 mag route if I were in your shoes.

Here I shoot 257 Roberts, 270, 7/08, 280AI and 300 mag (we have huge ag fields here…long shots are the norm there).

Pulling out tomorrow for NM elk…..my 338 is packed. This is a bull hunt. If I were shooting cows, I’d take my deer rifle.


You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.