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<blockquote data-quote="D.Camilleri" data-source="post: 1625623" data-attributes="member: 2567"><p>I have lost track of the number of elk I have killed. What does stand out in my memory though are the bad shots I have made and others around me have made as well as the stories around the break table of lost elk due to poor shot placement/bullet performance. Bad shot placement happens, it is part of hunting, hit an elk with a bad shot out of a 30 cal or bigger and the chances of recovering the elk go up a lot. Bad shots with smaller calibers have a higher chance of going unrecovered. Hunting trips cost a lot of money, time, fuel, not to mention the time it takes to locate elk and the number of trips that are unsuccessful. I opt for large calibers and big bullets that perform reliably. How small of a caliber could I kill elk with? I can easily kill elk with extremely precise shot placement with a 22-250 and a barnes X or nosler partition bullet, but I don't hunt high fenced areas or easy access areas or even private ranches, so I have to invest a lot of time on my elk hunts. I have been around big bull elk that go over 1000 lbs on the hoof and I would never risk the chance of losing a trophy elk because I was using a marginal cartidge. Not to mention the fact that most of my elk hunting is done in Grizzly country and always in the back of my mind is the need to defend myself with one knockout shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.Camilleri, post: 1625623, member: 2567"] I have lost track of the number of elk I have killed. What does stand out in my memory though are the bad shots I have made and others around me have made as well as the stories around the break table of lost elk due to poor shot placement/bullet performance. Bad shot placement happens, it is part of hunting, hit an elk with a bad shot out of a 30 cal or bigger and the chances of recovering the elk go up a lot. Bad shots with smaller calibers have a higher chance of going unrecovered. Hunting trips cost a lot of money, time, fuel, not to mention the time it takes to locate elk and the number of trips that are unsuccessful. I opt for large calibers and big bullets that perform reliably. How small of a caliber could I kill elk with? I can easily kill elk with extremely precise shot placement with a 22-250 and a barnes X or nosler partition bullet, but I don't hunt high fenced areas or easy access areas or even private ranches, so I have to invest a lot of time on my elk hunts. I have been around big bull elk that go over 1000 lbs on the hoof and I would never risk the chance of losing a trophy elk because I was using a marginal cartidge. Not to mention the fact that most of my elk hunting is done in Grizzly country and always in the back of my mind is the need to defend myself with one knockout shot. [/QUOTE]
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