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7mm-08 and 120 Barnes TTSX for elk
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<blockquote data-quote="44-40" data-source="post: 2858044" data-attributes="member: 126985"><p>Yep, 7mm-08 will kill an elk, ...so will a 44-40, a 30-30, a 222, an a 22LR, a bow, and probably a sharp speer, have all been employed for the task. </p><p>I used a 7 mag for years, it killed elk but none collapsed on the spot, all inside 100 yds. The worst was the smallest bull shot him 3 times in the chest on the run ..I ran down to see if he died ...he was standing there in the brush, staring at me head on at 40 yds blood streaming out of both nostrils...the magnum was empty ...dropped a round in the chamber put another Nosler partition through his chest on the run ...he ran over the hill out of sight...down into the next canyon, and died. It killed the elk. But I sold the 7mm mag for a 338 mag, it did better for me as far a more instant killing goes... it made much larger exit wounds. </p><p>I hunted elk alone in full camo, no orange, go in the pole thickets of Desolation where they bed down, dog them for as long as it takes, to kill them. Jump them at 15 yds and cannot see them...you can hear them. Go sit in his bed wait motionless 15 min ...go after him again, and repeat. He will make a mistake and gives you a visual second the gun hits the shoulder and is fired immediately running, leaping, or standing....2X scope heavy duplex 338 mag, just a personal favorite, and the shorter 350 Rem Mag all with heavy bullets or the old 7mm mag I got rid of...killed elk. But I just like a huge circle of blood, bone, and tissue in the snow...and I ain't gonna be shootin long range, with this style of hunting, also while you're hunting him, he's looking for you, and will curl back up and watch his trail, to see if your following him. Watch for it and shoot him in the head if he's poking his brown nose out of the green brush...it aint trophy hunting, and I wouldn't pay for mounting a elk head, so blow half the 6 points head off...and begin to pack out your meat. Killing up close is different and personal, it's not just any elk it's this one, and he knows it, his life depends on shaking the hunter off his trail, or out distancing him...I didn't let him do either. A satisfying hunt, but rather than pack out the meat I just as soon wind him up and let him run again, and I'll head for a warm shelter back in civilization, thank him for his time, and have a nice tasty beef steak.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="44-40, post: 2858044, member: 126985"] Yep, 7mm-08 will kill an elk, ...so will a 44-40, a 30-30, a 222, an a 22LR, a bow, and probably a sharp speer, have all been employed for the task. I used a 7 mag for years, it killed elk but none collapsed on the spot, all inside 100 yds. The worst was the smallest bull shot him 3 times in the chest on the run ..I ran down to see if he died ...he was standing there in the brush, staring at me head on at 40 yds blood streaming out of both nostrils...the magnum was empty ...dropped a round in the chamber put another Nosler partition through his chest on the run ...he ran over the hill out of sight...down into the next canyon, and died. It killed the elk. But I sold the 7mm mag for a 338 mag, it did better for me as far a more instant killing goes... it made much larger exit wounds. I hunted elk alone in full camo, no orange, go in the pole thickets of Desolation where they bed down, dog them for as long as it takes, to kill them. Jump them at 15 yds and cannot see them...you can hear them. Go sit in his bed wait motionless 15 min ...go after him again, and repeat. He will make a mistake and gives you a visual second the gun hits the shoulder and is fired immediately running, leaping, or standing....2X scope heavy duplex 338 mag, just a personal favorite, and the shorter 350 Rem Mag all with heavy bullets or the old 7mm mag I got rid of...killed elk. But I just like a huge circle of blood, bone, and tissue in the snow...and I ain't gonna be shootin long range, with this style of hunting, also while you're hunting him, he's looking for you, and will curl back up and watch his trail, to see if your following him. Watch for it and shoot him in the head if he's poking his brown nose out of the green brush...it aint trophy hunting, and I wouldn't pay for mounting a elk head, so blow half the 6 points head off...and begin to pack out your meat. Killing up close is different and personal, it's not just any elk it's this one, and he knows it, his life depends on shaking the hunter off his trail, or out distancing him...I didn't let him do either. A satisfying hunt, but rather than pack out the meat I just as soon wind him up and let him run again, and I'll head for a warm shelter back in civilization, thank him for his time, and have a nice tasty beef steak. [/QUOTE]
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