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.260 Remington as an Elk Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1173458" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>My uncle shot a Michigan bull elk with a 270 6 times at close range (under 100 yards) before it was down for good. He told me a couple of the shots were directly through the vitals and he believed at least one of those was his very first shot. He then went on to say that he would never use a 270 for elk ever again. His hunting partner is a DNR officer and I trust their story. I guess the whole ordeal of shooting, tracking, shooting, tracking, shooting took <u>many </u>hours. </p><p></p><p>I think it's those kind of experiences why some of these animals larger than deer get a reputation of bullets from non magnum cartridges seemingly just "ricochet" off of the animals. </p><p></p><p>But then you read an article in a hunting magazine about someone killing a black bear with a 22lr or something crazy. </p><p></p><p>That's the reason why the opinions on this issue vary so much.</p><p></p><p>Although I'm still trying to figure out how my uncle pulled an elk tag in Michigan his first year he ever tried; because that is unheard of. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1173458, member: 90399"] My uncle shot a Michigan bull elk with a 270 6 times at close range (under 100 yards) before it was down for good. He told me a couple of the shots were directly through the vitals and he believed at least one of those was his very first shot. He then went on to say that he would never use a 270 for elk ever again. His hunting partner is a DNR officer and I trust their story. I guess the whole ordeal of shooting, tracking, shooting, tracking, shooting took [U]many [/U]hours. I think it's those kind of experiences why some of these animals larger than deer get a reputation of bullets from non magnum cartridges seemingly just "ricochet" off of the animals. But then you read an article in a hunting magazine about someone killing a black bear with a 22lr or something crazy. That's the reason why the opinions on this issue vary so much. Although I'm still trying to figure out how my uncle pulled an elk tag in Michigan his first year he ever tried; because that is unheard of. :) [/QUOTE]
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