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<blockquote data-quote="gillettehunter" data-source="post: 1568052" data-attributes="member: 25760"><p>You have read a variety of opinions on the topic. Looks like to me about 2:1 in favor of a heavier rifle for the eland. Maybe I'll suggest that you look at it this way. In my opinion a .270 is about as light as I want to use for elk. I have killed or been in on killing around 70 elk. Those that hunt them a lot generally use something bigger. There are plenty of exceptions, but this is not a bad generalization. Talk to Broz about killing elk. He sometimes helps with over 100 in a year. Talk to bigngreen about bullets on elk shoulders. He was a meat cutter for a time. Look up his thread on the subject. Now a big eland bull will be about 3 TIMES the size of an 5 point bull elk. How much thicker is the shoulder on an eland? What do you do if you only have 2 days to hunt eland and you get less than ideal angle to shoot on the last day? Do you take the marginal shot or let him walk? </p><p> The truth is your .270WSM with a good 140-150 gr bullet will do the job if you put it where it needs to go. The problem is you should wait for the ideal angle to take the shot. That may require you to pass on a number of opportunities that would of been appropriate with a bigger caliber/bullet. As long as you accept your limitations then have at it. Would like to read a hunt report when you get back. </p><p> I've been to Africa 3 times, hunted with 5 different companies in 3 different countries. I have taken around 25 head of African animals. I have some basis for comparison.</p><p>Bruce</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gillettehunter, post: 1568052, member: 25760"] You have read a variety of opinions on the topic. Looks like to me about 2:1 in favor of a heavier rifle for the eland. Maybe I'll suggest that you look at it this way. In my opinion a .270 is about as light as I want to use for elk. I have killed or been in on killing around 70 elk. Those that hunt them a lot generally use something bigger. There are plenty of exceptions, but this is not a bad generalization. Talk to Broz about killing elk. He sometimes helps with over 100 in a year. Talk to bigngreen about bullets on elk shoulders. He was a meat cutter for a time. Look up his thread on the subject. Now a big eland bull will be about 3 TIMES the size of an 5 point bull elk. How much thicker is the shoulder on an eland? What do you do if you only have 2 days to hunt eland and you get less than ideal angle to shoot on the last day? Do you take the marginal shot or let him walk? The truth is your .270WSM with a good 140-150 gr bullet will do the job if you put it where it needs to go. The problem is you should wait for the ideal angle to take the shot. That may require you to pass on a number of opportunities that would of been appropriate with a bigger caliber/bullet. As long as you accept your limitations then have at it. Would like to read a hunt report when you get back. I've been to Africa 3 times, hunted with 5 different companies in 3 different countries. I have taken around 25 head of African animals. I have some basis for comparison. Bruce [/QUOTE]
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