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6.5 prc enough gun for elk
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<blockquote data-quote="boatmanusa" data-source="post: 2824140" data-attributes="member: 125804"><p>I agree 100 %...I watched a hunting video this winter of a guy with his son in Utah hunting late season elk...He was talking up his Fierce 6.5 PRC and on cue from the truck they spotted a bull in the trees...505 yards was the given range and the guy shot from stand up shooting sticks and the placement in my opinion was perfect...double lung for sure (if he got penetration) but to high for the heart...the elk walked about 50 feet and when he had another clear shot he took it, they did not show a close up of the second hit...the elk went UP the mountain and disappeared...7 hours later they found the bull in a ravine and over 500 yards from the first shot...the guy said I will never do that again...when they dressed the elk out only 1 shot had hit a rib and they didn't show where if any the second shot hit... they decided they had only penetrated one lung...Maybe the distance was to far, maybe the wrong bullet for an elk or maybe he was unlucky or they ran into that tough old bull that can take a licking and just keeps on ticking...and there out there...some bulls can take a few good shots and keep on going...Iv e seen it a few times in my 40 plus years of elk hunting....did the 6.5 kill the bull? yes...I know a lot guys that love this caliber and my best friend sold his 280 Ackley and bought one a few years back and why?.. because of the recoil..he loves not getting pounded like guns hes had in the past .and Im sure that is why alot of guys own 6.5 Creeds or PRCs....I VE NEVER FELT RECOIL ON ANY ELK IVE SHOT and I shoot a 300 Ultra and for years I shot a 30 06 and a 300 win mag...but i guess guys do...I know Im an old guy set in my ways but I guess if I already owned a 6.5 PRC Id take it elk hunting with a bonded bullet of my choice with some limitations on distance but if Im buying a gun to go elk and deer hunting I would buy a gun shooting 175 grains or bigger with speeds around 3000 fps...a bullet with high BC for those longer shots....and then to hunt deer just go down in grains to something in the 150 to 162 range...and WALLA you have the perfect gun for everything....as a hunter I feel we have the responsibility of making the most ethical and fastest kill on any animal we are hunting...When it come it elk BIGGER IS BETTER...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boatmanusa, post: 2824140, member: 125804"] I agree 100 %...I watched a hunting video this winter of a guy with his son in Utah hunting late season elk...He was talking up his Fierce 6.5 PRC and on cue from the truck they spotted a bull in the trees...505 yards was the given range and the guy shot from stand up shooting sticks and the placement in my opinion was perfect...double lung for sure (if he got penetration) but to high for the heart...the elk walked about 50 feet and when he had another clear shot he took it, they did not show a close up of the second hit...the elk went UP the mountain and disappeared...7 hours later they found the bull in a ravine and over 500 yards from the first shot...the guy said I will never do that again...when they dressed the elk out only 1 shot had hit a rib and they didn't show where if any the second shot hit... they decided they had only penetrated one lung...Maybe the distance was to far, maybe the wrong bullet for an elk or maybe he was unlucky or they ran into that tough old bull that can take a licking and just keeps on ticking...and there out there...some bulls can take a few good shots and keep on going...Iv e seen it a few times in my 40 plus years of elk hunting....did the 6.5 kill the bull? yes...I know a lot guys that love this caliber and my best friend sold his 280 Ackley and bought one a few years back and why?.. because of the recoil..he loves not getting pounded like guns hes had in the past .and Im sure that is why alot of guys own 6.5 Creeds or PRCs....I VE NEVER FELT RECOIL ON ANY ELK IVE SHOT and I shoot a 300 Ultra and for years I shot a 30 06 and a 300 win mag...but i guess guys do...I know Im an old guy set in my ways but I guess if I already owned a 6.5 PRC Id take it elk hunting with a bonded bullet of my choice with some limitations on distance but if Im buying a gun to go elk and deer hunting I would buy a gun shooting 175 grains or bigger with speeds around 3000 fps...a bullet with high BC for those longer shots....and then to hunt deer just go down in grains to something in the 150 to 162 range...and WALLA you have the perfect gun for everything....as a hunter I feel we have the responsibility of making the most ethical and fastest kill on any animal we are hunting...When it come it elk BIGGER IS BETTER... [/QUOTE]
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