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Long range elk "mistake"
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<blockquote data-quote="RDM416" data-source="post: 564936" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>Like others have said, thanks for writing up your "mistake". While there may not be a lot of us that find ourselves in a similar situation anytime soon, maybe reading your post will make us all think. Sometimes it is easy to get a little overconfident when we have "been there, done that" and that overconfidence lets us take a shot that a few years back and a few dead critters back we would have made sure we had all the T's crossed and i's dotted. The important thing about mistakes is if we let ourselves learn from them, you obviously have and thanks for having the humility to let us learn from it too. </p><p> </p><p>As for Elk, I agree with Shawn's comment. I like lots of "horsepower"! I have hunted and guided for elk for a long time and have a lot of guys ask me about the suitability of a particular cartridge for elk. When I tell them a .338 they usually proceed to tell me how many elk they know of that has been killed with a .270 which is what they have and want to hunt with. Yep, darn near any gun right on down to .22 LR will kill an elk, at the right distance and when shot in the right place. For me, I want horsepower, that is a big bullet going pretty darn fast. Turns a marginal shot into a recovered dead elk more often. </p><p> </p><p>Keep your chin up, and just think you will get reminded of this everytime you have to go to the grocery store and buy some sorry hamburger instead of having those good elk burgers hot off the grill! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDM416, post: 564936, member: 3745"] Like others have said, thanks for writing up your "mistake". While there may not be a lot of us that find ourselves in a similar situation anytime soon, maybe reading your post will make us all think. Sometimes it is easy to get a little overconfident when we have "been there, done that" and that overconfidence lets us take a shot that a few years back and a few dead critters back we would have made sure we had all the T's crossed and i's dotted. The important thing about mistakes is if we let ourselves learn from them, you obviously have and thanks for having the humility to let us learn from it too. As for Elk, I agree with Shawn's comment. I like lots of "horsepower"! I have hunted and guided for elk for a long time and have a lot of guys ask me about the suitability of a particular cartridge for elk. When I tell them a .338 they usually proceed to tell me how many elk they know of that has been killed with a .270 which is what they have and want to hunt with. Yep, darn near any gun right on down to .22 LR will kill an elk, at the right distance and when shot in the right place. For me, I want horsepower, that is a big bullet going pretty darn fast. Turns a marginal shot into a recovered dead elk more often. Keep your chin up, and just think you will get reminded of this everytime you have to go to the grocery store and buy some sorry hamburger instead of having those good elk burgers hot off the grill! :D [/QUOTE]
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