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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 438563" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>I have hunted with a 20 gauge & am very aware that it will kill game — if everything else works perfectly. Although it's POSSIBLE to kill an elk with a 20 gauge, IF EVERYTHING WORKS PERFECTLY, why would anyone want to? An elk is a HUGE animal and a large elk is many times the size of the largest whitetail. </p><p></p><p>I've put a 165 grain bullet fired from a 7mm Rem magnum into a large elk's shoulder at all of 9 yards away & not even broken the leg — thankfully my first bullet took out the lungs. An elk deserves to die quickly & not suffer for a week or two waiting for infection to kill it. <strong>A conscientious hunter used enough gun to be reasonably certain of a quick humane kill.</strong> I can't see that being the case when using a 20 gauge on an elk more than 20 yards away.</p><p></p><p>If you are going elk hunting, please get a more fitting weapon. Borrow or buy, it doesn't matter, but get something more befitting the magnificent animal you are talking about hunting!</p><p></p><p>A .270 is in my mind, the bare minimum cartridge for elk hunting & I would like to see elk hunters carrying at least a .30 mag, be it WSM, Win or Weatherby. I can also tell you that none of the guides I know would take you elk hunting if you were to show up carrying a 20 gauge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 438563, member: 21641"] I have hunted with a 20 gauge & am very aware that it will kill game — if everything else works perfectly. Although it's POSSIBLE to kill an elk with a 20 gauge, IF EVERYTHING WORKS PERFECTLY, why would anyone want to? An elk is a HUGE animal and a large elk is many times the size of the largest whitetail. I've put a 165 grain bullet fired from a 7mm Rem magnum into a large elk's shoulder at all of 9 yards away & not even broken the leg — thankfully my first bullet took out the lungs. An elk deserves to die quickly & not suffer for a week or two waiting for infection to kill it. [B]A conscientious hunter used enough gun to be reasonably certain of a quick humane kill.[/B] I can't see that being the case when using a 20 gauge on an elk more than 20 yards away. If you are going elk hunting, please get a more fitting weapon. Borrow or buy, it doesn't matter, but get something more befitting the magnificent animal you are talking about hunting! A .270 is in my mind, the bare minimum cartridge for elk hunting & I would like to see elk hunters carrying at least a .30 mag, be it WSM, Win or Weatherby. I can also tell you that none of the guides I know would take you elk hunting if you were to show up carrying a 20 gauge. [/QUOTE]
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