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<blockquote data-quote="PredatorSlayer" data-source="post: 1780946" data-attributes="member: 110866"><p>There is a difference between showing up for an elk hunt with what you need vs what you want. I hunted elk for years with a 300 rum and 300 wby - but I knew full well that my 25-06 or 270 would have been just as effective. I just wanted to. If you can shoot the big 300 and 338 magnums as well as the 6.5's and 270s, then by all means, bring the biggest gun you can shoot well. </p><p></p><p>People use this and other websites as a source of information when they are doing their research to come out west for their first elk hunt. So they read that in order to kill an elk they need a 300 or 338 mag. My point is those aren't the wrong answer, they just aren't the only answer. My opinion is, they would be much better off bringing their whitetail gun that they are comfortable shooting than some 338 rum that they bought just for the trip. </p><p></p><p>There are a lot of locals who shoot 300 mags that probably shouldnt be either. You and I both know local guys that shoot their rifle 1x a year before hunting season to make sure it is sighted in - if it hit paper at 100 yards they are good to go. Its a joke.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PredatorSlayer, post: 1780946, member: 110866"] There is a difference between showing up for an elk hunt with what you need vs what you want. I hunted elk for years with a 300 rum and 300 wby - but I knew full well that my 25-06 or 270 would have been just as effective. I just wanted to. If you can shoot the big 300 and 338 magnums as well as the 6.5’s and 270s, then by all means, bring the biggest gun you can shoot well. People use this and other websites as a source of information when they are doing their research to come out west for their first elk hunt. So they read that in order to kill an elk they need a 300 or 338 mag. My point is those aren’t the wrong answer, they just aren’t the only answer. My opinion is, they would be much better off bringing their whitetail gun that they are comfortable shooting than some 338 rum that they bought just for the trip. There are a lot of locals who shoot 300 mags that probably shouldnt be either. You and I both know local guys that shoot their rifle 1x a year before hunting season to make sure it is sighted in - if it hit paper at 100 yards they are good to go. Its a joke. [/QUOTE]
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