Last year, I was out deer hunting with a fellow who also had a cow elk permit. We ran across a herd of elk and he decided to take a shot. Range was in the neighborhood of 300 yards. He sat down, aimed, and shot. The elk ran off through the trees. We found his cow maybe seventy-five or eighty yards from where it was hit. Perfect, clean kill.
His rifle?
A Ruger bolt action chambered for .243 Winnie. Premium ammo with Nosler Partition bullets. Quartering away shot. Personally, I wouldn't be scared to use a .25-06 on elk.
However, with that said, my elk rifle is a .35 Whelen. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
