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<blockquote data-quote="Wheatgerm" data-source="post: 700636" data-attributes="member: 52003"><p>I can't speak from experience in the LR part of this because im new to the 500+ game but I have seen plenty of game taken under the 400 yard mark and i agree with bruce 100% on deer sized game..... on an elk however I want alot of energy and a big bad bullet. I have seen a number of cow elk shot with a 243 and killed with 1-2 shots in the pump station, that being said I have also seen a handful of bulls take a barrage of good expanding bullets to the lungs and keep standing like they weren't even hit. I watched a friend shoot his bull 5 times with a 7mm 2 shots in the shoulder 3 in the lungs and we still had to track it a very long ways when we gutted it I was in shock that it was able to go as far as it did with both lungs totally destroyed.</p><p>not trying to ramble on but I mainly hunt elk and that's why I chose a heavy 30cal with a muzzle break to hunt with. If I were going to only hunt deer I would go with a 6.5 or 270</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wheatgerm, post: 700636, member: 52003"] I can't speak from experience in the LR part of this because im new to the 500+ game but I have seen plenty of game taken under the 400 yard mark and i agree with bruce 100% on deer sized game..... on an elk however I want alot of energy and a big bad bullet. I have seen a number of cow elk shot with a 243 and killed with 1-2 shots in the pump station, that being said I have also seen a handful of bulls take a barrage of good expanding bullets to the lungs and keep standing like they weren't even hit. I watched a friend shoot his bull 5 times with a 7mm 2 shots in the shoulder 3 in the lungs and we still had to track it a very long ways when we gutted it I was in shock that it was able to go as far as it did with both lungs totally destroyed. not trying to ramble on but I mainly hunt elk and that's why I chose a heavy 30cal with a muzzle break to hunt with. If I were going to only hunt deer I would go with a 6.5 or 270 [/QUOTE]
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