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.25cal Elk Bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="cfvickers" data-source="post: 401705" data-attributes="member: 25488"><p>I wholely agree that the .257 wby is not an intended elk round, and I also lend the same agreement with others who have said that if that is what you use, you should be very judicious and disciplined in your shot placement and choice of whether it is ethical to pull the trigger. I respect your oppinion but I disagree with you on the matter of it being a capable caliber. I assume (sometimes wrongly so) that people will have the respect for the animal to pass on a bad shot. I do not doubt that you lost one that was hit well, I am just saying that it can happen regardless of the caliber. You have obviously not experienced this but having experienced it with a 300 win mag on a white tail, I have no doubt whatso ever that it can happen with any caliber on a much larger and tougher animal. I am with the poster who said a 45/70 with a 300 grain hollow point loaded hot. That is a reasonable load for most critters. I have passed on some shots that I THOUGHT I could PROBABLY make ob both an elk and a lot of very nice deer. I would expect the same from any decent hunter. throwing rounds down range untill he topples is not a good plan ever, but I have seen it done by some hunters I respected as such before the fact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cfvickers, post: 401705, member: 25488"] I wholely agree that the .257 wby is not an intended elk round, and I also lend the same agreement with others who have said that if that is what you use, you should be very judicious and disciplined in your shot placement and choice of whether it is ethical to pull the trigger. I respect your oppinion but I disagree with you on the matter of it being a capable caliber. I assume (sometimes wrongly so) that people will have the respect for the animal to pass on a bad shot. I do not doubt that you lost one that was hit well, I am just saying that it can happen regardless of the caliber. You have obviously not experienced this but having experienced it with a 300 win mag on a white tail, I have no doubt whatso ever that it can happen with any caliber on a much larger and tougher animal. I am with the poster who said a 45/70 with a 300 grain hollow point loaded hot. That is a reasonable load for most critters. I have passed on some shots that I THOUGHT I could PROBABLY make ob both an elk and a lot of very nice deer. I would expect the same from any decent hunter. throwing rounds down range untill he topples is not a good plan ever, but I have seen it done by some hunters I respected as such before the fact. [/QUOTE]
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