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<blockquote data-quote="CUTTER1" data-source="post: 1358931" data-attributes="member: 94423"><p>Over the last fifty years I've lost count of the number of elk I have personally killed and countless more I have personally watched being shot with everything from an arrow to 50BMG and I assure you that there is no caliber that will always "stomp elk".</p><p>Worst failure I ever personally had was a 375 Mashburn shooting old style 300gr Barnes bullets at near 3000 fps. The week before it "stomped" a 10' costal brown but at the same 150 yards an elk took 4 solid hits and until the last one broke both shoulders it didn't go down! Most dramatic elk kill I've had was helping a game warden put down a cow elk with a broken leg while I was coyote hunting (choice was his 40S&W or my 22-250 at about 75 yards) head shot with a 55gr was instant lights out.</p><p>I got into the long range game and a 28 Nosler with 195's will do it but in the winds of WY, CO, NM, or MT where a windsock is a 25# steel ball on a 1/2" log chain (when its out straight the wind is blowing the rest of the time its just a breeze) go with heavy bullets with high BC driven at high velocity and make sure bullet placement is the best you can make it and be instantly ready to place a second hit on that elk!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CUTTER1, post: 1358931, member: 94423"] Over the last fifty years I've lost count of the number of elk I have personally killed and countless more I have personally watched being shot with everything from an arrow to 50BMG and I assure you that there is no caliber that will always "stomp elk". Worst failure I ever personally had was a 375 Mashburn shooting old style 300gr Barnes bullets at near 3000 fps. The week before it "stomped" a 10' costal brown but at the same 150 yards an elk took 4 solid hits and until the last one broke both shoulders it didn't go down! Most dramatic elk kill I've had was helping a game warden put down a cow elk with a broken leg while I was coyote hunting (choice was his 40S&W or my 22-250 at about 75 yards) head shot with a 55gr was instant lights out. I got into the long range game and a 28 Nosler with 195's will do it but in the winds of WY, CO, NM, or MT where a windsock is a 25# steel ball on a 1/2" log chain (when its out straight the wind is blowing the rest of the time its just a breeze) go with heavy bullets with high BC driven at high velocity and make sure bullet placement is the best you can make it and be instantly ready to place a second hit on that elk! [/QUOTE]
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