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Nice to hear the old .300 H & H is still getting lots of play..
If I go for a bull elk, I will have my old .300 Win.. Probably with 165 Accubonds or 165 Part..
If I only hunt for a cow, I will most likely try my .25-06 with 115 Part. or my old 700 30-06 with 150 Accubonds.. Will also have my marlin .45-70 or .30-30 for timber... If I really want meat down I will go back to the old .300.. Getting an elk is no longer necessary to balance the budget.. Now, much goes to the kids who are now raising kids...
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Well if I hunt horseback the Ruger #1 35 Whelen and 250 Hornady's powered w/Reloader 15
Walking the new Lipsey Ruger Hawkeye 275 Rigby and 160gr. Nosler Partitions powered w/ Reloader 19
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Same rifle/scope/ammo I used to take a cow elk last December:
Rem 700 CDL 30-06 old 2-7x Redfield 165 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip handloaded
Or maybe the 200 gr Partition load - I have some of those left and elk seems worthy of that bullet, rifle is still zeroed for the 200 gr bullets.
Worked great on elk last year. If I get a shot this year, I suspect it will work great again!
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Nice to hear the old .300 H & H is still getting lots of play..
If I go for a bull elk, I will have my old .300 Win.. Probably with 165 Accubonds or 165 Part..
If I only hunt for a cow, I will most likely try my .25-06 with 115 Part. or my old 700 30-06 with 150 Accubonds.. Will also have my marlin .45-70 or .30-30 for timber... If I really want meat down I will go back to the old .300.. Getting an elk is no longer necessary to balance the budget.. Now, much goes to the kids who are now raising kids... The old 300 loaded to 300 WSM spec's is updated and refreshing , love the old girl.
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Savage model 10 .308 caliber with Carbonsix barrel and vortex amg scope Backup Winchester model 70 .308 with vortex razor lh
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If my buddy borrows my 30-06 then I will take a Winchester model 70 375 Holland and Holland probably shooting a 300 grain Sierra over 79 grains of H 4350. It wears a VX 3 1.5 x 5. Back up is a Winchester model 70 in 338 Winchester, shooting a 210 grain TTSX over 73 grains of RL 17. It wears an old Vari- X 3 2.5 x 8.
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Pedersoli .50 caliber Frontier Flintlock, 95 grains of Schutzen 2f behind a Lee REAL bullet with a bore butter soaked .50 cal felt wad, priming powder will be Null-B, English flint with an elk hide buffer. Gonna be fun, last time I hunted this tag it was -35*...
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I'll be packing my pre-64 Remington 700. Rebored to 338-06 shooting 210 Partitions and topped with a Leupy VX-II 2-7. Weighs about 7 1/2 loaded.
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Kimber 84M 338 Fed SWFA SS 6X 180 Accubonds
Ruger 6.5 CM Vortex Viper 4.5-14x50 140 Partition
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The wife will be toting a REM Mountain Rifle in 7x57 with 150 Partitions pushed by 50 gr of RL19. Scope is a 2x7 Leupold. My gun will be a ,Sako A7 30-06 and 165 Accubonds and 57 gr of RL19 . Got a Nikon scope sitting on top.
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Remington 78 rebarreled with a 700 35 Whelen. 225 AB Burris Fullfield II 3-9x40
15 yo son will be using a Marlin X7 7-08 120TTSX Leupy M8 6x36 This combo has worked great on two cow moose, so should suffice for a cow elk this year.
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M70 Fwt 8X57mm 200 Nosler Partitions 2-7x Leupold
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HuntnShoot: I should have mentioned (remembered!) that on those rare days when I know I am going into the dog hair timber (thick forests of young and medium aged evergreens where visibility is limited) I take along my Tikka T-3 Rifle in caliber 338 Federal with Zeiss Diavari 3x9 variable scope shooting Federal factory ammo - the 185 grain Barnes Triple Shock bullets. So far this month I have sighted in two Elk Rifles for "busy" (lazy?) Elk Hunting friends both were in caliber 300 Winchester Magnum - one of these 300's was a beautiful old Browning Safari bolt action with the three step barrel - I have always liked these old Browning's - this one the owner had just put a new Zeiss variable onto. Thankfully that old Browning had much weight to it and that tamed the recoil of that 300 Magnum noticeably over the other Rifle which was a Browning A-Bolt with lightweight fiberglass stock - that thing kicked! Good luck all. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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PaulH: You have a great looking Rifle there! I have never done anything with the 8x57. Good luck to you. And your photo reminded me of the first half of my life (49 years!) where I was born and raised there in western Washington (Renton) Hunting all over that country from Tiger Mountain (for Deer) to Lester, Enumclaw and North Bend for Elk and Bear. Frankly I don't miss the moss, the thick cover and the constantly dripping trees and ferns! Again good luck this season with that cool Rifle. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Ulvejaeger: Good luck to you this season with those two cool Rifles and thanks for the lesson on the 275 Rigby of recent. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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MHWASH: Good luck to you this season with that 35 Whelen - I have been along on two Elk Hunts here in Montana where my partners used the 35 Whelen. Both Hunts were in the Missouri Breaks country and both my partners killed dandy Bulls with their 35 Whelens - both were one shot kills by the way. I have a very close friend who lives in Dayton, Washington and he has been seeing several Bull Elk this fall - limited draw tags though I guess in that area. He has also seen some Moose this year out in the draws of that Palouse country. Keep after'em and I really hope your young son gets a chance on Elk this fall. My three sons have done especially well on Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer and Antelope but none have bagged an Elk as yet. School, college, careers and "girls" have interrupted their Hunting schedules of late. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Sako A7 SS in .300WSM wearing a Meopta Meopro 3-9x50 shooting 180 Partitions. Should do the job nicely.
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2017 aint my year.....
I smoked all my vacation on a trip to Alaska with wife and kids. No regrets, but that means I'll be "hunting" vicariously through yall. SO GOOD LUCK! I'll be hunting from this keyboard.
next year, however, we'll have 3 generations in elk camp:
my dad: 308 Kimber Hunter 4x12-40 Redfield Revolution 165 gr Accubonds
me: 358 Win in BLR 3x9 Redfield Revolution 225 Nos PT's
my 13 year old boy: 308 Savage LWH 4x12-40 Redfield Revolution 165 Nos AB's
and you can bet all 3 of us will consider it the time of our lives. Getting to hunt with my dad and son will be a short, favorable window in our lives.
First teach a child to love God, second teach him to love family, third teach him to fish and hunt and by the time he is in his teens no dope dealer under the sun can teach him anything. Cotton Cordell
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