elk, if I had a good broadside shot.. Not a problem. I just remembered shooting a badger one morning while hunting antelope and coyotes.. I had a 7mm Wea. and the 160's were loaded to 3250fps. The badger poked his head out of a hole about 100 yards away.. I centered him looking at me and the bullet didn't exit the back of his head as near as I could tell.. Looked like he had swallowed a bomb.. I guess if I were going on a hunt for big bear and paying big bucks, no.. If I were hunting bear on my own here in Wy. or in the west, I would use them with the knowledge that unless I had a good lung shot, I would pass...


Molon Labe