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6 creedmoor
243 WSSM
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Browning A-bolt 300WM
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5 with Remington 700, 300 win mag, 180gr Nosler partition.

One with T/C Encore, 250gr powerbelt.


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My goodness, there's a lot of elk-hunting experience here!

I've only taken two. Two shots. Two rifles. Two elk:

Rem 700 ADL, 7mm Rem mag, 175 gr Nosler Partition

Rem 700 CDL, 30-06, 165 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip

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In order of most elk taken:
270W
243W
Black Widow TD 56#
Bear Grizzly 55#
257R
30-06AI
30-06
7mmRM
300WM
35 Whelen
25 Souper
284W


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Having said that, MAGA.
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Not in any particular order

.35 Whelen Improved
308 Win
338
.300 Win
7mmR
.300 Ultra

Prolly used 7MM the most followed by .308

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I've never killed a elk.... grin


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Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd

Roughly in order of use:

340 Wby (learned to love the cartridge/platform I had)
30/06
45 Colt*
45/70
284 Win (ditto)

*Ruger RH


That’s about ten bulls (340 - 8; 30/06 - 1; 284 - 1). Two cows at about 30-45 yds with the 45C and 45/70. Three bulls were taken at about 100-125 yds with the remaining 6 taken from 400 to 500 yds, the furtherest at about 480 yds.

My 340 which really slammed those further ones was on R 700 with a Brown Prec Classic stock, 3-pos safety, and a Sako-type claw extractor, and a Decelerator pad. Scoped it came to 8.5 lbs which I found about ideal for that cartridge. After many bullets I settled on the 210-gr TSX.

Most recently, I used a Rifles Inc lightweight Strata 284 with a 3” box and with a leup 6x36 with LR dots. I took this bull right at about a 100 yds, a smack-down with a140-gr TTSX (3100 fps) through the spine at the neck-shoulder juncture. This rifle with its scope is under 6 lbs, a weight more to my liking now.

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only 3 but in order...
cow 7mm Wby Mag @ 40ish yards
5x5 bull .270 WCF @ 45 yard
7x8 bull with 100gr fixed blade broad-head on an arrow @ 20 yards


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two different 30/06's.... is that considered one or two guns?


All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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Originally Posted by Overkill375
6.8 SPC, 308, 300 wsm, 300 mag, 300 h&h, 30-06, 6.5 creed, 35 Whelen, 375 RUM, 270, 350 rem mag, 450 marlin,



I forgot the 300 RUM also

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Originally Posted by Judman
I've never killed a elk.... grin

Me neither, but my rifles have.....😎


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Originally Posted by 340mag
anyone else look over the cartridges list and realize that damn near anything in a center fire cartridge,
used in the hands of a decent shot that knows the games anatomy will work,
its simply getting into reasonable range and finding the game,
not the limitations of the rifle being used thats critical to success.
I'm certainly not suggesting some choices don,t have advantageous properties,
in range and penetration or flat trajectory,
only that its the hunters skill and experience, not the rifle selected, thats more critical.
if guys are successful with a 44 mag, and other guys use a 375 H&H, or a 257 Roberts ,successfully
obviously power and penetration and flat trajectory are not as super critical,
as getting a shot at the vitals,within reasonable ranges your comfortable with, with a rifle your familiar with using


I was surprised at the 22 centerfires.


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yeah, I,ve often wondered if elk being a reasonably large,400-800 plus lb animal had a tendency,
if wounded,,too stomp and gore hunters like a cape buffalo ,or claw and bite like a Kodiak bear,
if we would see what I consider rather un-realistically light caliber rifles being used on elk.
I know a few guys in my hunt club think theres nothing unsporting or unethical in using a 24-25 caliber rifle,
on elk, I know of a few cases where several follow -up shots were required,
now obviously bullet selection shot placement and hunter skill plays a huge part here, not just the cartridge used....
but still I think if the hunter could reasonably be expected to be at serious risk if he failed to deliver a first shot stop mortal wound,
we might see a shift to larger bores and a bit more power in respect to the consequences of failing to deliver a rapidly lethal wound

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I admit I don’t ‘now chat about elk hunting. I’m surprised to see the 6mm and 243 replies. I have heard of 270s being used on elk however.


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Originally Posted by alwaysoutdoors
I admit I don’t ‘now chat about elk hunting. I’m surprised to see the 6mm and 243 replies. I have heard of 270s being used on elk however.


I shot a small bull a few years ago using a 243 with a chest shot, through the heart at 350 yards. He dropped on the spot.

My wife shot a huge bull this year. She used a 6 creedmoor. The bull ran about 20 yards and fell from a lung shot.

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45-70
35 Whelan
338-06
30-06

I've hunted them with an assortment of weapons but these have been in my hands the most when I've found them.


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I’ve only killed one- used a .300 Winchester. Might try something different the next time I head out, although the .300 certainly did a fine job.


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Bow
TC Renegade .54
TC Triumph .50
.270
.270 WSM
.284 Win
7 mm Rem Mag
.300 WSM
.300 Win
.300 Weatherby
.300 Ultra
.308
.338 Win
.348 Win Forgot a couple cows with the 71. Dunno how many with each rifle/caliber. Maybe half a dozen cows and 4 dozen bulls in AZ, CO, ID, NM, Wyo. Hunted em once each in UT and NV and not connected, Yet.




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Ok

Seven elk in eight trips
4 with Ruger 30.06
last 3 with Sako 30.06
All with 165 boattails

0 for 1 with my bow

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