BuzzH
That's really my point in the last few post about smaller calibers and exploding bullets on Elk.Someone like your 70 year old buddy has already paid his dues hunting and knows when and where to shoot as well as one of my wood getting buddies at 71 and still getting firewood to sell.He has killed more Elk than anyone I know and with a 25-06/Nosler combo.But,he is out there every day/knows where they are and has the hunting experience to know his 25-06 can't take some of the shots a larger caliber can and his heart rate doesn't rise to the sounds of the woods..
It's hard to advise something that small to a beginner Elk hunter who hasn't paid his dues or have the experience that some here have and that's what I was getting at with my young neighbor.He wasn't in his 70's with a ton of hunting knowledge behind him.
Jayco
