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<blockquote data-quote="Matt Bastian" data-source="post: 1600814" data-attributes="member: 109527"><p>As a follow up to my earlier comments, I'm originally from Tennessee. I hunted everything there that could be hunted. What really blew my perspective away when I moved to North Dakota was the wide open distances. </p><p></p><p>In Tennessee, 200 yard shots were uncommon because of the terrain, the trees, and etc. In elk country, places like Montana, Idaho, Colorado, etc. distances are unreal. For instance, shooting prairie dogs in ND one easily can be shooting 300-400 yard shots. And the wind, it never seems to lay down.</p><p></p><p>I'm no elk pro, but the last thing one wants to do is shoot an elk and have it run for a minute and a half or more before it dies. That minute and a half run can easily translate into a nightmare finding and retrieving your kill. </p><p></p><p>To me, it's not whether a .270 will do the job, it's whether it will anchor the elk near or very near where it was standing when shot. To me, the difference between a 30/30 for whitetail deer and a .270 on the same deer is analogous to the difference between the .270 and the .338 WM on elk. </p><p></p><p>A buddy of mine shot a mule deer in Colorado 3 times, each shot in the lungs, with a .270 and he thought he had missed. It wasn't until his hunting buddy, a mutual friend, who was glassing the mule buck, said "I think you hit him each time". He did hit each shot and each shot would have had obvious effects on a whitetail deer. It's like these mule deer and elk are so much tougher.</p><p></p><p>Like John Wayne said, it's all about windage and elevation. But Robert Ruark also said, "Use enough gun!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matt Bastian, post: 1600814, member: 109527"] As a follow up to my earlier comments, I’m originally from Tennessee. I hunted everything there that could be hunted. What really blew my perspective away when I moved to North Dakota was the wide open distances. In Tennessee, 200 yard shots were uncommon because of the terrain, the trees, and etc. In elk country, places like Montana, Idaho, Colorado, etc. distances are unreal. For instance, shooting prairie dogs in ND one easily can be shooting 300-400 yard shots. And the wind, it never seems to lay down. I’m no elk pro, but the last thing one wants to do is shoot an elk and have it run for a minute and a half or more before it dies. That minute and a half run can easily translate into a nightmare finding and retrieving your kill. To me, it’s not whether a .270 will do the job, it’s whether it will anchor the elk near or very near where it was standing when shot. To me, the difference between a 30/30 for whitetail deer and a .270 on the same deer is analogous to the difference between the .270 and the .338 WM on elk. A buddy of mine shot a mule deer in Colorado 3 times, each shot in the lungs, with a .270 and he thought he had missed. It wasn’t until his hunting buddy, a mutual friend, who was glassing the mule buck, said “I think you hit him each time”. He did hit each shot and each shot would have had obvious effects on a whitetail deer. It’s like these mule deer and elk are so much tougher. Like John Wayne said, it’s all about windage and elevation. But Robert Ruark also said, “Use enough gun!” [/QUOTE]
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