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Your gap is .24 or .25 cal. My preference would be .25 cal. Depending on the action, .257 WBY loaded with 145 Black Hole bullets will significantly extend that short range for elk.
'Yoties 3-400 yards; maybe more depending on the gun & myself. Deer keep it under 300. Elk only if I get the chance under 200 yards as when I hunt them I'll have something bigger in my hand.
243 but ,love my 25-06
I'd do a 243 win or 6mm rem, but build it on a long action so you can seat bullets out further. You're right on the edge of point blank range with the lighter bullets going fast for coyotes. Any further than 300 you'll want a heavier bullet anyways. Lots a great options for deer bullets and they usually work good on coyotes also. If you want the rare chance at elk, I'd load up one of the many copper bullets these days and not look back. If you want just one load, then copper bullets would be my choice, but that gets expensive shooting at coyotes at time or leave elk off the list and that gives you a lot of cheaper options.'Yoties 3-400 yards; maybe more depending on the gun & myself. Deer keep it under 300. Elk only if I get the chance under 200 yards as when I hunt them I'll have something bigger in my hand.
You state you have an 06, and that handles everything you described and more. I like the .308 and recommend it but it's interchangeable with the 06 in what you described. Are you going to choose to hunt with the smallest caliber you own when you have both deer and elk tags in your pocket?'Yoties 3-400 yards; maybe more depending on the gun & myself. Deer keep it under 300. Elk only if I get the chance under 200 yards as when I hunt them I'll have something bigger in my hand.
