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<blockquote data-quote="4bycamper" data-source="post: 843840" data-attributes="member: 17128"><p>[<span style="color: blue">QUOTE=MudRunner2005;843807]Yep. I've never killed an elk, but I know they're pretty big. But just like anything on earth, can be killed by something small if the shot placement is key.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">If I were to hunk elk @ 1000-1500 yards, 7mm STW or 7mm AM with some Berger 180 VLD's would be the best 7mm for the job.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p> </p><p>You might want to check your ballistic charts, the 7mm mags drop off hard after 700 to 800 yards. ( I shoot a 7 mm and limit myself to 700 max. )</p><p>Now compare all this drop off to a 300 win mag with 208s or a 338 win mag with </p><p>225s. See what I mean?</p><p> </p><p>Killing your elk and harvesting your elk are two different things.</p><p>Lets say you shoot your elk in the Colorado mountains with a lesser calliber. If you're around 300 yards away and he knows you're there, odds are good the elk will walk away for quite a ways. Maybe a mile. So it's 50/50 another hunter will see and shoot and kill this 'dead elk', tag him, and harvest him. In this way your once in a lifetime elk rack will be hanging on someone else's wall.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="4bycamper, post: 843840, member: 17128"] [[COLOR=blue]QUOTE=MudRunner2005;843807]Yep. I've never killed an elk, but I know they're pretty big. But just like anything on earth, can be killed by something small if the shot placement is key.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]If I were to hunk elk @ 1000-1500 yards, 7mm STW or 7mm AM with some Berger 180 VLD's would be the best 7mm for the job.[/QUOTE][/COLOR] You might want to check your ballistic charts, the 7mm mags drop off hard after 700 to 800 yards. ( I shoot a 7 mm and limit myself to 700 max. ) Now compare all this drop off to a 300 win mag with 208s or a 338 win mag with 225s. See what I mean? Killing your elk and harvesting your elk are two different things. Lets say you shoot your elk in the Colorado mountains with a lesser calliber. If you're around 300 yards away and he knows you're there, odds are good the elk will walk away for quite a ways. Maybe a mile. So it's 50/50 another hunter will see and shoot and kill this 'dead elk', tag him, and harvest him. In this way your once in a lifetime elk rack will be hanging on someone else's wall. [/QUOTE]
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