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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 928814" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>The worst wrecks I've seen with guys trying to kill elk have been from being WAY over rifled for their ability to handle, more elk are wounded by guys buying an "elk rifle" than by guys going with a rifle that they've shot for years and know how to drive it even if it's a deer rifle.</p><p></p><p>We kill elk by the truck loads, we are hunting for pounds of meat per trip and making dry runs or even just killing one is not what we're after. We pack a mix of 6.5's and 270's predominately but we also have some RUM and Lapua based chamberings on the truck if we need to push out past the 1000 yards, just want to hammer one or need to beat the wind. </p><p></p><p>I prefer not to drop an elk in it's tracks, I like them to take a couple steps, wobble and fall, even a couple hundred yard run is fine with me as long as when they fall it's because they are out of go juice. I don't like elk flopping around with broken shoulders or backs, or hitting the dirt then magically reviving and moving of or leaving.</p><p>If I do pole ax one I will sometimes put a second round through them to make sure they don't come to, I immediately have a follow up shot ready at least and if I see them twitch the second round is in the air. </p><p></p><p>I don't think you can go over gunned to kill an elk but I definitely believe you can go over gunned for yourself!! All you need is a bullet to go where you aim, open and go through the elk and hit the other side, that's dead elk every time!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 928814, member: 13632"] The worst wrecks I've seen with guys trying to kill elk have been from being WAY over rifled for their ability to handle, more elk are wounded by guys buying an "elk rifle" than by guys going with a rifle that they've shot for years and know how to drive it even if it's a deer rifle. We kill elk by the truck loads, we are hunting for pounds of meat per trip and making dry runs or even just killing one is not what we're after. We pack a mix of 6.5's and 270's predominately but we also have some RUM and Lapua based chamberings on the truck if we need to push out past the 1000 yards, just want to hammer one or need to beat the wind. I prefer not to drop an elk in it's tracks, I like them to take a couple steps, wobble and fall, even a couple hundred yard run is fine with me as long as when they fall it's because they are out of go juice. I don't like elk flopping around with broken shoulders or backs, or hitting the dirt then magically reviving and moving of or leaving. If I do pole ax one I will sometimes put a second round through them to make sure they don't come to, I immediately have a follow up shot ready at least and if I see them twitch the second round is in the air. I don't think you can go over gunned to kill an elk but I definitely believe you can go over gunned for yourself!! All you need is a bullet to go where you aim, open and go through the elk and hit the other side, that's dead elk every time!!! [/QUOTE]
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