7mm is marginal for elk? Do they wear flak jackets down there? We have pretty big Roosevelt Elk up here and they die like everything else if you put some lead through the heart or lungs...chunk of lead doesn't really have to be that big either.
I guess they can 'appear' to be bullet-proof sometimes. I shot a medium-sized 6pt at 250y with a 300 Win Mag. I put two 180g partitions very similar to STA's caribou. He just stood there so I thought better safe than sorry...and he just crumpled like you would expect with a hole in the lungs. I'm sure my 260 could have done the same job. Been said a million times - put the hole in the right spot and they won't be standing long.
