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6.5 Creedmoor for Cow Elk
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 2464079" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>First shot was in the liver, didn't really hit any lung. He went about 15-20 yards, just out of sight, stopped and hunched up. If I would have waited, there is a fair chance he would have eventually bled out and gone down, but if I have a shot I don't wait for elk. My second shot was low due to a screw up on my part with my trigger pull, I knew as soon as I sent it, but clipped the back of the front leg as I spotted my first shot and corrected for windage, that was enough to startle him and he ran another 10-15 yards, but he stopped and hunched up again, he was hurting pretty bad from the first shot. </p><p></p><p>Then my third shot I held for wind correction and did a proper trigger press and it went through the rear side of both shoulders mid body, right where I wanted it. The bullet was recovered under the hide on the off side. Within a few seconds of the second solid hit, he began to stumble and went down. As soon as I saw the impact, I knew he was hit good felt comfortable enough to get on the camera and document how the 147 performed, as it was new for that year. I went into more detail on it in my review of the 147 eld-m, but that is another thread. This was one of the animals it worked well on. The other elk, not so much. </p><p></p><p>As a caveat however, the closest elk that myself, my wife, my cousin or my close hunting buddies have killed since 2015 was still over 500 yards, the farthest at 1036. That is why I feel 7mm is a minimum for MY uses, with preference going to bigger 30's or .338's. If your killing your elk sub 500-600ish yards, the proper bullet in an accurate 6.5 your confident in is adequate. My .260 AI is a 29" barreled braked 14.5 lb semi custom that will consistently lay down sub half MOA groups, and is super easy to shoot due to the weight, non-existent recoil, and fantastic trigger. A gun like that gives the shooter crazy confidence in shot placement, and is the only reason I have used it to take 5 elk from 703 to 910 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 2464079, member: 87243"] First shot was in the liver, didn't really hit any lung. He went about 15-20 yards, just out of sight, stopped and hunched up. If I would have waited, there is a fair chance he would have eventually bled out and gone down, but if I have a shot I don't wait for elk. My second shot was low due to a screw up on my part with my trigger pull, I knew as soon as I sent it, but clipped the back of the front leg as I spotted my first shot and corrected for windage, that was enough to startle him and he ran another 10-15 yards, but he stopped and hunched up again, he was hurting pretty bad from the first shot. Then my third shot I held for wind correction and did a proper trigger press and it went through the rear side of both shoulders mid body, right where I wanted it. The bullet was recovered under the hide on the off side. Within a few seconds of the second solid hit, he began to stumble and went down. As soon as I saw the impact, I knew he was hit good felt comfortable enough to get on the camera and document how the 147 performed, as it was new for that year. I went into more detail on it in my review of the 147 eld-m, but that is another thread. This was one of the animals it worked well on. The other elk, not so much. As a caveat however, the closest elk that myself, my wife, my cousin or my close hunting buddies have killed since 2015 was still over 500 yards, the farthest at 1036. That is why I feel 7mm is a minimum for MY uses, with preference going to bigger 30's or .338's. If your killing your elk sub 500-600ish yards, the proper bullet in an accurate 6.5 your confident in is adequate. My .260 AI is a 29" barreled braked 14.5 lb semi custom that will consistently lay down sub half MOA groups, and is super easy to shoot due to the weight, non-existent recoil, and fantastic trigger. A gun like that gives the shooter crazy confidence in shot placement, and is the only reason I have used it to take 5 elk from 703 to 910 yards. [/QUOTE]
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