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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 1450178" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>I've shot elk at ~700yds with 300WM and 338 Edge. The WM got the job done....elk piddled around for awhile before falling over, good shot placement. 338 just hammered him.</p><p></p><p>As said by others, it's margin of error and odds. Last elk I shot, if he'd bolted, he'd have crested a mountain and become exponentially harder to recover. The guy who shot at the herd bull before me put 4 7mmMag round through his bull at <150yds before he dropped. I observed his animal and can't criticize his aiming. The herd ran up the mountain, pausing before fleeing over the crest, and I dropped mine with a 338 from 738 yards in one shot. Crushed him. </p><p></p><p>Personally, given the half dozen elk I've killed, I value caliber above all else and start with ".3" and go up from there. This means 300WM or 338 for extender ranges or .358 or larger slower calibers for closer ranges. YMMV. Big tough critters and I respect them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 1450178, member: 1656"] I've shot elk at ~700yds with 300WM and 338 Edge. The WM got the job done....elk piddled around for awhile before falling over, good shot placement. 338 just hammered him. As said by others, it's margin of error and odds. Last elk I shot, if he'd bolted, he'd have crested a mountain and become exponentially harder to recover. The guy who shot at the herd bull before me put 4 7mmMag round through his bull at <150yds before he dropped. I observed his animal and can't criticize his aiming. The herd ran up the mountain, pausing before fleeing over the crest, and I dropped mine with a 338 from 738 yards in one shot. Crushed him. Personally, given the half dozen elk I've killed, I value caliber above all else and start with ".3" and go up from there. This means 300WM or 338 for extender ranges or .358 or larger slower calibers for closer ranges. YMMV. Big tough critters and I respect them. [/QUOTE]
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