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Adequate Cartridge for Elk???
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<blockquote data-quote="KYHILLJACK" data-source="post: 929858" data-attributes="member: 70638"><p>I'm with the shoot what you know and use guys. I use a 7mmRem mag, 160gr bonded bullet. Used it for years and occasionally use it for whitetail but have backed off on that recently because the factory ammo I use is no longer available and am down to 45 rounds. Have it zeroed at 225yds and am good to about 400yds. But every elk I have killed has been from 30 yds to 75 yds. I tend to still hunt in aspen and dark timber and get many close shots. But I have knocked a mule deer at close to 400 with it. When I first started hunting elk I used a model 99 .300 Savage, 150gr. That is my main deer rifle. Dad always used a 30.06, 165gr. </p><p> Ask most elk hunters what they use and they will tell you a caliber they have used for years because that is what they know and are comfortable with it. Most call their caliber choice 'elk majic'. I know some who swear by the .270 with a 130gr. round.</p><p> By the way, is it October yet ? Already itching to go west.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KYHILLJACK, post: 929858, member: 70638"] I'm with the shoot what you know and use guys. I use a 7mmRem mag, 160gr bonded bullet. Used it for years and occasionally use it for whitetail but have backed off on that recently because the factory ammo I use is no longer available and am down to 45 rounds. Have it zeroed at 225yds and am good to about 400yds. But every elk I have killed has been from 30 yds to 75 yds. I tend to still hunt in aspen and dark timber and get many close shots. But I have knocked a mule deer at close to 400 with it. When I first started hunting elk I used a model 99 .300 Savage, 150gr. That is my main deer rifle. Dad always used a 30.06, 165gr. Ask most elk hunters what they use and they will tell you a caliber they have used for years because that is what they know and are comfortable with it. Most call their caliber choice 'elk majic'. I know some who swear by the .270 with a 130gr. round. By the way, is it October yet ? Already itching to go west. [/QUOTE]
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