Bottom line Logcutter. Would you use a .223 for elk?
That's cheating.
If I was wolf hunting and elk season was open and all I had was my .223,yes if it was a short(within 100 yards) broadside shot with the elk not spooked and I had either Nosler or TSX's in the tube.
Would I go Elk hunting with a .223..Not in this lifetime unless were invaded by a foreign country.