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6.5 prc enough gun for elk
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 2816007" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>6.5 PRC is definitely adequate for elk, the only reason guides say to bring some thing bigger is their used to guys choking when they see an elk so if your going to screw it up any way might as well make as big a hole as possible. I always told guys to bring the gun they shot the most deer with and it's served me well, they issues always happened with guys with "elk" guns.</p><p>For the record I loathe shoulder shots especially when I guided cause guys tend to put them over the spine and take to top out dropping the animal but if you didn't have a clear second shot those are the ones that turned into pulling elk out of dark, deep down fall at 2 am or following them out in to the flats and loosing them. The vast majority of wounded elk are muffed up shoulder shots going high or going low and just breaking the shoulder, especially on bulls. The center of the spine is much lower than deer from the top.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 2816007, member: 13632"] 6.5 PRC is definitely adequate for elk, the only reason guides say to bring some thing bigger is their used to guys choking when they see an elk so if your going to screw it up any way might as well make as big a hole as possible. I always told guys to bring the gun they shot the most deer with and it's served me well, they issues always happened with guys with "elk" guns. For the record I loathe shoulder shots especially when I guided cause guys tend to put them over the spine and take to top out dropping the animal but if you didn't have a clear second shot those are the ones that turned into pulling elk out of dark, deep down fall at 2 am or following them out in to the flats and loosing them. The vast majority of wounded elk are muffed up shoulder shots going high or going low and just breaking the shoulder, especially on bulls. The center of the spine is much lower than deer from the top. [/QUOTE]
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