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They're not hard to kill unless they get excited, then they can get very hard to kill. Kinda like elk.

A 6.5mm 143 ELD-X is plenty.

Somebody may wanna brush up on their shootin!!

Reminds me of a bud. We went to Wyo in 2004 to kill some speed goats.

Out of 4 of us, 3 killed the only antelope we shot at with 1 shot each, he shot at mine once before I shot, he shot at another buck that came in to steal the does that was with mine after I killed him and then he shot his goat twice, ( first shot was a dead goat running but he gave him an insurance shot).

We all gave him hell but he said, if I am going that far from home I want to do some shooting and he jokes of how he got to shoot at 3 antelope!!

I'll be taking the 143gr. ELD-X bullet with me to AK in 19 days. We'll see how it goes.

Good luck big whoop , what area u headed 2?

I have also shot 6 caribou, and my experiences were close to the same as Woody's. I shot two Alaskan bulls, each with a 180 grain Partition from my .30 Gibbs, both at under 200 yards. I then shot a Mountain caribou bull in the Northwest Territories with my .257 Ackley and a 117 grain Sierra GameKing bullet at about 250 yards. That bullet went completely through the bull, just behind his shoulders, and we heard it ricochet off the rocks 100 yards behind him. He ran about 30 yards and dropped dead. I then shot 2 Central Canadian Barren Ground Caribou east of Inuvik, also in the Northwest Territories. They both basically fell in their tracks, each from a 160 grain Accubond from my 7mm Rem mag. on 100 yard or less shots. One of them qualified for the B&C book. Then last September I made one of the last NR hunts in Quebec and killed another B&C bull, also with my 7mm Rem mag and Accubond bullets, again at under 200 yards.

Put your 6.5mm 143 grain ELD-X bullet just behind a bull's shoulder at a reasonable range, and you'll be eating caribou tenderloins that night.

Most rifles suitable for deer are also suitable for caribou. However it is good to remember that usually where there are caribou there are bear. Sometimes when you enter the food chain it is not always at the top.

when i lived in alaska i killed several with my 270 win and factory 130/150 corelokts. never a problem. the 6.5 cm should work.

geeze — Tough crowd. Won’t even give a gal a break.
Y’all could’ve (not couldof) at least done a smiley.

Jerry

? HE ?, never knew a guy named Anie.

Jerry

R O F

Come on now !

Jerry

What ? A Tikka ? ugly ?..... I take back my defense for you.


Jerry

I give up !! Anie these guys have no mercy.


Jerry

Is a 10 lb bowling ball enough to knock down the pins at the end of a 60, 80, 100 ft lane?

Whitetail are the same too.

Jerry

One should not make assumptions based on screen name. A poster on here has a screen name "maggie" (funny, longish story) who is a dude.

Just sayin.

Well ironbender, I never considered 'Anie' to be anything other than a 'female's' name.
I guess I did 'ass ume' ? however it has never entered my mind to post as shirley, june, rachael.

I've heard about 'maggie' tho. - ? ? ?

Thank you sir.


now, "anie" ifn UR a dude, you deserve what U get.


Jerry

Get a 7 Rem mag

That's what I'd do.

I’d say if you can put the bullet where you want it, it will work. Personally, a 6.5 cartridge of any flavor will do the job on caribou.

Matt

Now guys, don't ya know the 7 mag.......kills em tooo dead ?


Seriously, it don't take a mag to kill 'bou but HI velocity makes hitten em farther away....easier.


Jerry