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Thank you for the follow-up info.
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Indeed! My Wife just finished her Arkansas Elk hunt. We had spotted a couple of good Bulls the last weekend of Sept and the morning temps "dipped haw" into the mid fifties at daylight but when the 5 day hunt started Oct 2nd we had a full Moon and 90 degree temps, not too good a combo for daylight movement, bugling and all activity stopped but you could hear them from camp at 1:00-4:00 AM all you wanted plus the woods was coated with big whiteoak acorns. We had to spot and stalk and forget about food plots where others connect in seasons with logical weather. She connected on a 400# Spike with 20 minutes remaining on the last day. The load for her 22" RAP was a 140 gr. Partition at 2825 fps with RL26. I tried H4350 first but did not get good velocity. She centerpunched the front shoulder and did extensive damage through facing ribs and into the chest cavity, and a small exit (back half of bullet no doubt) out and into the hillside. She was good to go to at least 300 yds. (her self decided limit) I believe if at 300 yds instead of 60 and a 600# Bull instead of 400# the outcome would have been the same other than he may have ran 75 yds. instead of 5 yds. She killed a Bull 8 years ago with her 6.5 Swede, same bullet with a mv of 2600, again through the shoulders, this time at 140 yds and the same result. I was trying to decide between a 120 TTSX and a 140 Part, the TTSXjust to do it with a different bullet and I believe it would but I will use those in my 264 Lipsey #1.
I don't see any way to improve this performance for such a round or quite a few others.
Thanks
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every thing has to be bigger in texas....... Like my Johnson... and thanks for noticing. Still doesn't make a 6.5 Creedmore an appropriate round to hunt elk with. You internet fan boys have been watching too much Outdoor Channel. But keep up the like think... our Country really needs more of that. The guy that disagrees with the in crowd gets demonized. Is this CNN? You'll be talking about the latest and greatest fad round next Fall right before hunting season opens. So predictable... I'll keep killing elk while you are looking for the wounded one that you hit with your "creed". Sounds cool... like Apollo Creed. Maybe thats why it's so popular, because it has such a cool kid name? Damn I hate not being in the in crowd. Now, go look in the mirror, and be disappointed in what you see. I just agree ! its nothing more than a fad name just give me old killer 300 win mag for elk .
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The result had nothing to do with a fad, I don't think the Elk was that well informed. And like I said her other Elk fell to the Swede going a little slower, so headstamp was not known to either Elk. I was just relating what happened and was pretty clear to me what to expect. Yes, I use a 300 myself and I think it helps at longer range but alas I was sharing experience related to the thread.
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Well, I'll be damned. The creed really will work on elk. Even with target bullets.....
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What were the odds??
Nice elk sir. Congrats.
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Nice work, Don! What bullet did you shoot him with?
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Pure luck.
Just kidding. Nice job! I’m using a 6.5 Creedmoor this year and haven’t considered the possibility of it not working.
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Stunt shooter...
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140 Amax at 458 yds. high shoulder/spine. and it exited.....
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Does anyone have experience on deer or elk with the 139 great Scenar ? Is it more than just a target bullet?
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140 Amax at 458 yds. high shoulder/spine. and it exited..... I've heard good things about that 140 Amax...
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Does anyone have experience on deer or elk with the 139 great Scenar ? Is it more than just a target bullet?
Dean Yep. Pat (Scenarshooter) has a bunch of dead critter photos courtesy of the 139 Scenar. It's a very easy bullet to load for, accurate in most applications. My 6.5x55 Shilen/Mauser loves it. Good choice in the 6.5-284 and 6.5 CM. PM Pat for details, terminal performance on deer and elk. DF
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Well, I'll be damned. The creed really will work on elk. Even with target bullets..... Add elkhound to Finn's repertoire.....well done!
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Everybody knows you can't kill a deer with a .243 and you can't kill an elk with a 6.5 anything. These reports of confirmed clean kills must be fake news! 😄
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Well, I'll be damned. The creed really will work on elk. Even with target bullets.....
Does this mean your .260 is for sale?????
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Nicely done Don, congrats!
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Thanks DF. I appreciate the info. I PM ed scenarshooter. Hopefully he will respond.
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Outstanding,Hunts!
Were you back up in some familiar ground from your younger days?
It seems familiar to me too.
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