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My first elk hunt
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<blockquote data-quote="Joefrazell" data-source="post: 2253444" data-attributes="member: 101262"><p>We took two elk with a 6.5 cm last year with a 147 eldm. Both were one shot kills. Mine was 555 yards and folded after about two seconds after impact. My dad's was a 478 yard shot and it ran about 80 yards before expiring. He hit it too far forward, mostly a base of the neck shot. Huge trauma on both animals.</p><p></p><p>My wife shot a buck with that same load earlier in the year at 926 yards and the bullet passed through the lungs and left a nice golf ball sized exit hole.</p><p></p><p>It will kill an elk and that particular bullet works well. However, expect to be cutting away blood shot meat or throwing half an animal away if shot poorly. I would not aim for a shoulder on anything under 500 personally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joefrazell, post: 2253444, member: 101262"] We took two elk with a 6.5 cm last year with a 147 eldm. Both were one shot kills. Mine was 555 yards and folded after about two seconds after impact. My dad's was a 478 yard shot and it ran about 80 yards before expiring. He hit it too far forward, mostly a base of the neck shot. Huge trauma on both animals. My wife shot a buck with that same load earlier in the year at 926 yards and the bullet passed through the lungs and left a nice golf ball sized exit hole. It will kill an elk and that particular bullet works well. However, expect to be cutting away blood shot meat or throwing half an animal away if shot poorly. I would not aim for a shoulder on anything under 500 personally. [/QUOTE]
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