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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Specialty Handgun Hunting
Drew an Elk Tag, Need some advise
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<blockquote data-quote="Tikkamike" data-source="post: 827281" data-attributes="member: 22242"><p>dont worry about drop or velocity. The elk has no idea how fast that bullet is going. yu can stop a 150 or a 168 easier than you can stop a 180+ I have killed a LOT of elk and I can tell you use a heavy bullet. the 308 with a 180 will be better suited for 300 and under but itll get that 180 there and the bullet will take care of the rest. Dont worry about energy. Get that bullet in some bone and disable the front end of that elk... You can enduce a tremendous amount of blood loss by breaking bone not to mention if itts north of the diaphragm its going to creat at least one nice sucking chest wound which is 100% lethal. They cant live on a collapsed lung... a collapsed lung is just as worthless as an exploded lung. I wouldnt even consider a target type bullet like berger of Amax throw a bonded lead core (or partition ) or a copper bullet itll expand when it hits and breaks bone... if you only hit soft tissue you still have a lethal shot.</p><p></p><p>weight is your friend when it comes to killing an elk. picture it like this... what would hurt more a baseball going 30 mph or a bowling ball going 10 mph?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tikkamike, post: 827281, member: 22242"] dont worry about drop or velocity. The elk has no idea how fast that bullet is going. yu can stop a 150 or a 168 easier than you can stop a 180+ I have killed a LOT of elk and I can tell you use a heavy bullet. the 308 with a 180 will be better suited for 300 and under but itll get that 180 there and the bullet will take care of the rest. Dont worry about energy. Get that bullet in some bone and disable the front end of that elk... You can enduce a tremendous amount of blood loss by breaking bone not to mention if itts north of the diaphragm its going to creat at least one nice sucking chest wound which is 100% lethal. They cant live on a collapsed lung... a collapsed lung is just as worthless as an exploded lung. I wouldnt even consider a target type bullet like berger of Amax throw a bonded lead core (or partition ) or a copper bullet itll expand when it hits and breaks bone... if you only hit soft tissue you still have a lethal shot. weight is your friend when it comes to killing an elk. picture it like this... what would hurt more a baseball going 30 mph or a bowling ball going 10 mph? [/QUOTE]
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