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.257 weatherby for elk
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<blockquote data-quote="celtic1839" data-source="post: 1284438" data-attributes="member: 100479"><p>In 2014 I used a friend's Weatherby 257 magnum and a specially loaded 120 gr bullet for hunting elk in SE Utah because my 308 was out of commission. It was a limited hunting area. 3rd day out on the ground, we found a 340 6x6 bull standing 320 yards away on a 30-40 degree mountain side. I kneeled down and aimed at the top of right shoulder and fired. The animal started running and went about 30-40 feet and fell down. When we cleaned him out we found the bullet had gone thru the right shoulder, his heart and lodged against the opposite shoulder bone. So in effect he was dead but didn't know it. This was my one and only elk and really only my third attempt at finding and bringing down an animal this size. I am a senior (74) and I am not a long standing experienced hunter. But I tend to feel if the shot is placed right the 257 will bring a bull elk down as the trajectory and energy coming out of a 257 is sufficient to do the job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="celtic1839, post: 1284438, member: 100479"] In 2014 I used a friend's Weatherby 257 magnum and a specially loaded 120 gr bullet for hunting elk in SE Utah because my 308 was out of commission. It was a limited hunting area. 3rd day out on the ground, we found a 340 6x6 bull standing 320 yards away on a 30-40 degree mountain side. I kneeled down and aimed at the top of right shoulder and fired. The animal started running and went about 30-40 feet and fell down. When we cleaned him out we found the bullet had gone thru the right shoulder, his heart and lodged against the opposite shoulder bone. So in effect he was dead but didn't know it. This was my one and only elk and really only my third attempt at finding and bringing down an animal this size. I am a senior (74) and I am not a long standing experienced hunter. But I tend to feel if the shot is placed right the 257 will bring a bull elk down as the trajectory and energy coming out of a 257 is sufficient to do the job. [/QUOTE]
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