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Elk and deer and a humble .308
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<blockquote data-quote="4ked Horn" data-source="post: 419220" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>I'm looking for some general advice from some of the more seasoned long range elk hunters. </p><p></p><p>I'm using a 175 gr berger hunting vld bullet this year in my rem vls .308 rifle. I have had great success shooting a 168 gr nosler custom comp bullet at deer in excess of 500 yards so I feel confident that the new bullet will do fine if I stretch the distance to 600 or 700ish but I have never shot an elk, with any bullet. I'm wondering (assume I have the accuracy to place the shot where I want) at what distance will my potential for rapidly killing an elk start to dwindle. I'm wording this question with a lot of grey terms to encourage discussion (including choice of shot placement) but really I am looking for someone with experience to tell me why I might want to hold shots inside of a certain distance (based on the tenacity of elk and the ballistic limitations of the .308 win with a berger bullet.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4ked Horn, post: 419220, member: 11"] I'm looking for some general advice from some of the more seasoned long range elk hunters. I'm using a 175 gr berger hunting vld bullet this year in my rem vls .308 rifle. I have had great success shooting a 168 gr nosler custom comp bullet at deer in excess of 500 yards so I feel confident that the new bullet will do fine if I stretch the distance to 600 or 700ish but I have never shot an elk, with any bullet. I'm wondering (assume I have the accuracy to place the shot where I want) at what distance will my potential for rapidly killing an elk start to dwindle. I'm wording this question with a lot of grey terms to encourage discussion (including choice of shot placement) but really I am looking for someone with experience to tell me why I might want to hold shots inside of a certain distance (based on the tenacity of elk and the ballistic limitations of the .308 win with a berger bullet.) [/QUOTE]
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