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Effective Range 7mm-08 & 6.5 CM
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<blockquote data-quote="ducky" data-source="post: 1720513" data-attributes="member: 94420"><p>Thanks for the information, I've never looked at the Elk Hunting University web page. I've killed a few elk, and I got my daughter her first elk last Saturday with a muzzle loader. She killed her bull on a hard quartering to shot at 37 yards with a 250 grain Powerbelt Areolite bullet. At the muzzle it had around 1600 ft-lbs of energy at at 37 yards it had dropped to 1300 ft-lbs which doesn't exactly fit in the narrative of EHU requirements. </p><p></p><p>Using EHU requirements for elk that limits a .30-06 shooting a 180 grain boat tail bullet to 300 yards on a quartering shot. Experience has taught me the .30-06 will work well beyond 300 yards on elk even on a quartering shot. So my experience tells me use what you learned at EHU as a general guideline, not a rule that has to be strictly followed.</p><p></p><p>Familiarity with your rifle and cartridge it shoots, along with a high confidence level that you're going to put the bullet where it belongs matters more than how much energy it carries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ducky, post: 1720513, member: 94420"] Thanks for the information, I've never looked at the Elk Hunting University web page. I've killed a few elk, and I got my daughter her first elk last Saturday with a muzzle loader. She killed her bull on a hard quartering to shot at 37 yards with a 250 grain Powerbelt Areolite bullet. At the muzzle it had around 1600 ft-lbs of energy at at 37 yards it had dropped to 1300 ft-lbs which doesn't exactly fit in the narrative of EHU requirements. Using EHU requirements for elk that limits a .30-06 shooting a 180 grain boat tail bullet to 300 yards on a quartering shot. Experience has taught me the .30-06 will work well beyond 300 yards on elk even on a quartering shot. So my experience tells me use what you learned at EHU as a general guideline, not a rule that has to be strictly followed. Familiarity with your rifle and cartridge it shoots, along with a high confidence level that you're going to put the bullet where it belongs matters more than how much energy it carries. [/QUOTE]
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