|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 27,692
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 27,692 |
Bunch of great looking elk folks.
Member: Clan of the Turdlike People.
Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers
�If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 13,464 Likes: 9
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 13,464 Likes: 9 |
Bunch of great looking elk folks. I'll second-the-motion on that! L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 10,915
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 10,915 |
Some great looking bulls guys!
Some of these threads just crack me up!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,197
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,197 |
My brother in law with his first bull. Taken with a .308 and a 208gr AMAX.
Luck....is the residue of design...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 27,692
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 27,692 |
Another bruiser bull
Member: Clan of the Turdlike People.
Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers
�If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 945
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 945 |
That ranks up with my favorites of any photo I've seen shared on the internet. The photo is obviously very personal, thanks for sharing.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 4,218
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 4,218 |
Great photos fellas, thanks for sharing. I'm guessing that it has more to do with the "driver" than the "vehicle". Just a hunch though
Karma and Trouble have busses, and there's always an empty seat.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 783
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 783 |
Rancho, the picture was taken in late Nov. in 1973. The vehicle is a 1956 Willey's Jeep station wagon. They were the deal back then. That's my uncles, but we had one too. Very few hunters had 4 wheel drive back then, so if you did you had a big advantage. You could drive anywhere you wanted. These also had PTO winches on the front. I got out when my uncle let this jeep down off a cliff with the winch, to retrieve a big bull. The convertible is a MG midget. The porch to the house is what your looking at, which is over-looking the Bitterroot valley. My uncle had just finished the house.
I wanted to take a scalp, but the kill was not mine.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,295
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,295 |
Great bulls here. Thanks to all for sharing.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,702
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,702 |
Take your pick, either will kill and elk just dandy, just make sure you use a good tough bullet such as Interbonds,GMXs, Accubonds, Partitions, E-Tips, A-Frames, Sciroccos, TSXs or TTSXs, Trophy Bonded Bear Claws, Oryxs, etc.
Last edited by SAUMHUNTER79; 10/04/10.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 3,044
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 3,044 |
Either one with a good bullet the Elk just won't know the difference. +1
"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that lightening ain't distributed right." - Mark Twain
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 824
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 824 |
A 30-40 Krag killed a zillion Elk, a 7x57 killed a zillion much bigger things with bullets far inferior to todays'. Put a 140 TSX in the 7-08 or a 168 TSX in the 308 and you can kill any Elk that walks at any range an ethical hunter would chose to shoot.
Newt-Condi 2012
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 20,379
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 20,379 |
Rancho, the picture was taken in late Nov. in 1973. The vehicle is a 1956 Willey's Jeep station wagon. They were the deal back then. That's my uncles, but we had one too. Very few hunters had 4 wheel drive back then, so if you did you had a big advantage. You could drive anywhere you wanted. These also had PTO winches on the front. I got out when my uncle let this jeep down off a cliff with the winch, to retrieve a big bull. The convertible is a MG midget. The porch to the house is what your looking at, which is over-looking the Bitterroot valley. My uncle had just finished the house. That's so cool. Wifey loved the picture, too.
I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 14,021 Likes: 7
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 14,021 Likes: 7 |
I'd take the .308 with a good 180 grain bullet.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,370 Likes: 4
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,370 Likes: 4 |
Nothing wrong with hunting elk with a 7mm-08 but since I have a choice...I'd take the 308.
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,443 Likes: 3
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,443 Likes: 3 |
Can't speak from personal experince on the 7-08 on elk, but an old friend who still gets up the mountain has thumped a bunch of elk using a 7X57 with 175gr factory soft points and 160gr Partitions over the years. Every elk steak ever served at his table was compliments of a 7X57 or one of our 308 WCF's. My dad used a Sako Forester in 308 WCF for years and my uncle still uses a Savage 99 in 300 Savage with factory 180's for elk. How times have changed.. I brought the first magnum to camp back in 1978, it was Remington 700 BDL 7 mm Mag with a Redfield Widefield 3-9X I had purchased in the Navy Exchange. Everyone busted my balls over my "cannon" (it did light up the sky when touched off near the end of legal shooting light), after 10 days up and down the mountains (by then it made my M-60 back at LeJeune feel like a featherweight), when it came time my hunting partner (an old ranch hand on my uncles ranch) used his M-71 to flatten a 5X6 slipping into the timber less than 75 yards ahead of us while I was getting the "cannon" unslung. My vote goes for the 308 as I have 3 different Sako 308 WCF's in the safe. Sorry for the rambling....
Last edited by StarchedCover; 10/12/10.
Semper Fi
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 1
New Member
|
New Member
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 1 |
7mm-08 is way more pricey to buy than 308.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 8,482 Likes: 3
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 8,482 Likes: 3 |
Got something to back that claim up with? I can't tell the difference in cost.
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.
Here be dragons ...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,702
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,702 |
7mm-08 is way more pricey to buy than 308. Are you talking about brass and factory ammo, I hope so, because rifles chambered in either cost the same, brass is more expensive but when you can reload them at least 5 times, what the hell's the difference? Also, you can always just buy and neck down 308 brass if cost is really a huge concern. As far as factory ammo goes, there's about a seven dollar per box difference, but I wouldn't let that stop me from getting a rifle in a caliber I want. So, I'd say for the guy who doesn't reload or want to learn, get a 308, anyone else, get the 7MM-08 if it makes 'ya happy.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 8,626 Likes: 1
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 8,626 Likes: 1 |
I am not an Elk hunter because of where I live, This thread made me want to hunt an elk. I dont know 4100fps but I bet that picture explains a bit why he is the man he is today.Its really great Hank
Last edited by boatboy; 10/18/10.
Thank You Lord for another day,Help my Brother along the way
When you mature,you realize hospitals and schools are businesses,and the Beatles were geniuses
Live Like A Champion Today
NRA EndowmentLife Member,My Daughter is also a Life Member
|
|
|
|
566 members (06hunter59, 1beaver_shooter, 160user, 10gaugeman, 12344mag, 1lessdog, 53 invisible),
13,298
guests, and
992
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,195,128
Posts18,542,349
Members74,057
|
Most Online21,066 May 26th, 2024
|
|
|
|