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<blockquote data-quote="Hawk in WY" data-source="post: 1569629" data-attributes="member: 70947"><p>I don't disagree with much is this thread, but need to add one fact: All elk are not the same.</p><p></p><p>Where I live in Wyoming and hunt in Eastern Idaho an elk can range from a 200 pound calf to an 850 plus pound bull. Elk are tough animals for sure, but the anatomy has the vital zone farther forward and lower than most expect. I suspect that fact accounts in part for their reputation as being bullet proof. </p><p></p><p>So let's assume you shoot that 850 pound 7 x 6 and the shot him a little too far back and the elk is a little too far away. With the 6.5 CM, you have a wounded animal. With a .300 WM, you have a good chance of a dead animal.</p><p></p><p>My son and I shoot two large bulls almost every year. We both shoot 200 gr. Barnes LRX in .300 WM running close to 2,900 fps. We both have put two bullets into the same spot on elk at less than 200 yards more than once because the elk absorbs the first round and stands there thinking, "that's the best you got?" The elk is dead but just doesn't know it yet.</p><p></p><p>Didn't some once say, "Bring enough gun."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawk in WY, post: 1569629, member: 70947"] I don't disagree with much is this thread, but need to add one fact: All elk are not the same. Where I live in Wyoming and hunt in Eastern Idaho an elk can range from a 200 pound calf to an 850 plus pound bull. Elk are tough animals for sure, but the anatomy has the vital zone farther forward and lower than most expect. I suspect that fact accounts in part for their reputation as being bullet proof. So let's assume you shoot that 850 pound 7 x 6 and the shot him a little too far back and the elk is a little too far away. With the 6.5 CM, you have a wounded animal. With a .300 WM, you have a good chance of a dead animal. My son and I shoot two large bulls almost every year. We both shoot 200 gr. Barnes LRX in .300 WM running close to 2,900 fps. We both have put two bullets into the same spot on elk at less than 200 yards more than once because the elk absorbs the first round and stands there thinking, "that's the best you got?" The elk is dead but just doesn't know it yet. Didn't some once say, "Bring enough gun." [/QUOTE]
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