6.5 prc enough gun for elk

[AGGRO]

It pretty much all comes down to BULLET PLACEMENT.. People get carried away with bigger and faster bullets all the time. And yet Hunters continue to kill the same animal with an Bow & ARROW.

I've never killed a deer at 400 yards with my bow.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

I guess both needing adequate penetration is one similarity??

 

[h_1ag]

You can't use target bullets being a poor choice as a blanket statement.

This is a great example of the fuddlore that surrounds "mAtCh bOoLeTs"!
"BuT muh box says it's for tahrgets!!l"

Bullet construction and terminal ballistics are not binary concepts. Different bullets do different things at different speeds and on different targets.
If you wanna shoot em behind the shoulder and incinerate all of the internals, that's a very effective means. Want to anchor them quartered toward through bone? That'll end them too, but it's a different projectile need.

 

[h_1ag]

I've never killed a deer at 400 yards with my bow.

You must not shoot a Mathews

 

[memtb]

I guess both needing adequate penetration is one similarity??

Penetration may be the only thing in common……the mechanics of killing methods are completely different though! memtb

 

[AGGRO]

You must not shoot a Mathews

Dangit. I'm ordering a 400 yard pin for my bowtech chop chop

 

[TXTrained]

Th

You must not shoot a Mathews

Thats because your hunting skills are inadequate to sneak up on one.. .LOL So You had better stick with that LONG RANGE RIFLE & BIG POWEFUL SCOPE...LOL

 

[Blandry]

Th

Thats because your hunting skills are inadequate to sneak up on one.. .LOL So You had better stick with that LONG RANGE RIFLE & BIG POWEFUL SCOPE...LOL

Don't you mean setup a ground blind near a corn feeder? haha

 

[TXTrained]

Don't you mean setup a ground blind near a corn feeder? haha

Is that how you hunt ! LOL Ive never hunted out of a blind. If you can't stalk and get close you're just cheating.

 

[Blandry]

No, just lived and hunted in TX for 12 years. Now I actually have to work for it lol. I miss easily filling all my whitetail tags each year to be honest. I could eat venison every week back then.

 

[AGGRO]

CA is really varied terrain. We have pine forests where I use tree stands for bow and we have wide open nothin to hide behind so a really good long range rifle is in order. There ain't no "stalkin" where the biggest cover is a cactus.

 

[WYO300RUM]

CA is really varied terrain. We have pine forests where I use tree stands for bow and we have wide open nothin to hide behind so a really good long range rifle is in order. There ain't no "stalkin" where the biggest cover is a cactus.

Big difference between hunting D16 and D14 also. I never cared for much of D16. I grew up hunting D14. Real mountains. D12 and D17 are some tough desert hunts that I would never bow hunt.

 

[AGGRO]

Big difference between hunting D16 and D14 also. I never cared for much of D16. I grew up hunting D14. Real mountains. D12 and D17 are some tough desert hunts that I would never bow hunt.

16 is my bread and butter. I've been skewing the kill results for quite a few years. I'm 16 for 17 as far as kills. **** covid. Had a few years dry and a few years doubled up. The year my Dad passed I didn't even go up.

 

[cabelasken]

You are so right. As a dumb kid at 13 I shot a spike with a Sheridan pellet gun from a hip shot.It the heart.He didnt runt 20 feet into the yaupon bushes.I didnt know I hit it until I heard the few leg kicks in dead leaves.
Ive never had a deer/elk run off.Most took a few steps if any.Ivee not shot anything past 400 yds except one antelope and it was quite a ways.
People that cant hit a 3 inch target at 100 yards dont need to hunt big game in my opinion.. Thats just my opinion anyway.

I have friends that can hit a dime at 200 yds but can't take down a buck without 3 or 4 shot attempts at the same distance!!