6mm Creedmoor first elk hunt

[dogz]

I really appreciate all your input and i agree with what you guys are saying no doubt. I started out years ago shooting a 6mm Remington I was new to reloading and shot 40 rounds every Saturday morning on Jackrabbits back then they were everywhere. I got pretty good. I shot a lot of Blacktails and Blackbears while going to school in California. That was pre liberal California. I never felt undergunned and spent all summer shooting ground squirrels a lot of shooting. My next 6 was a 243 Then down the road it was a 243 AI. I was told many times that a 243 was not a Black Bear cartridge. Never understood why. Hit right they never went very far

When hunting in area 222 in Nevada for deer I saw a lot of Elk and some big bulls The big mule deer i shot all were DRT. My last Black Bear was shot with the 243 AI 95 gr Berger 211 yards one shot rolled down into the brush. I just have a lot of confidence and ive never taken a really long shot. One Antelope at 377 yards. 95 gr LRX.

You'll do just fine, you seem like you've enough calm and cool to you that you'll know when to and when not to drop the hammer.

What state will you be hunting in?

 

[Hondo64d]

Ive hunted all my life with a 243 my Dad bought me when i was 16. Shot a lot of Black Tail, Black bears and Antelope but never an Elk. My Rem 700 is gone but now i have a 6mm Creedmoor. TS Customs. 1x7.5. I've mostly loaded 90 gr Scirocco ll and dont see a reason to change. I will be going on my first Elk hunt this year. I guess i could borrow my brother in laws 7mm Rem Mag but im so use to and confident in the 6 mm. Your thoughts

Go with the one you're most confident in placing the shot correctly. Put the bullet through the lungs with either cartridge and you have a dead Elk. Make a poor shot with either cartridge and you have a rodeo.

John

 

[dogz]

The 6mm is not marginal at killing anything, nor is the 7mm way better than it, and I wish people would stop spreading misinformation like this.

Terminal ballistics of bullets kill animals, not headstamps on brass. A well built, fragmenting heavy-for-caliber bullet that upsets down as low as 1700 fps and within 1"- 4" of entering the animal, creates a Nalgene-sized and up to a 2-liter bottle-sized permanent crush cavity, that penetrates 12" - 14" will kill any big game animal in North America. I just described the terminal ballistics of the 6mm Hornady 108 ELD-M, the Sierra 107 grain TMK, and the DTAC 115 with nosering.

Yep you get it, take out the lungs and it's game over. Like I've said B4, killing just isn't rocket science unless you choose to make it such.

Not always but generally the fellas who try the hardest to make it rocket science are either old hard heads or they've just enough elk experience to be dangerous and think they know the score ( 4 or 5 hunts, usually guided IE the most work they do in regards to taking an elk is keeping up with the guide, the guide has already done the work before they show up)

 

[Bucklowery]

Take it. You shoot it well and are familiar and confident. Limit your distance to ammo's capability and kill a elk

Thanks

Buck

 

[dogz]

Just last week. Father-in-law with my wife. This was his second elk ever and it had been 40 years since his last one. 6x47 Lapua I built, shooting a 105 Berger. One shot at 587yards. She didn't go 30 yards. Put it in the right spot and have enough speed to penetrate and expand and you will be fine. View attachment 624552

Couldn't be... a dead elk via a 6, say it isn't so and at 587 yds, lucky the thing isn't still wandering around sans lungs

Nicely done!

 

[Teekerguy]

Take your 6mm and borrow that 7mm and practice with both at the range and if you can shoot the 7mm just as well as your 6 than 7 would be a good choice but if you can't manage the recoil than might want to consider the 6 with the correct bullet. Just understand your capabilities and the bullets as well. 7mm is bigger with heavier options but if that rifle is trying to recoil to the next county when you pull the trigger and it's uncomfortable you are not doing any favors to yourself or the animal. Best of luck on your hunt

 

[WYO300RUM]

Thank god. You've been at it since 7am and seem to like belittling and insulting people. Not a way for a 30 day member to make any new friendly acquaintances. Just because someone doesn't like your opinion or agree with you doesn't make them a "leftist". The ignore button is up top so you can just wash your hands of it.

And it's mule deer not muledeer Virginia took over. I'm checking out. Goodnight Alan. Goodnight Jay.
Good Night Downey

 

[dogz]

Y'all should make a TV show. Nope don't use a guide only in Alaska, Yukon , NWT and Mexico where it's a requirement for certain animals Mexico you can hunt on your own but you could get shot so I don't do it. Been hunting out West for 25 years, just because I live in Va doesn't mean I haven't spent a substantial amount of time out West and taking several Elk. Funny thing, most men make up for a small set of usually with large items like big jacked up truck straight duals coming out the back really load. These days it's how big of an animal you can kill with the smallest caliber. Billy Bob I just shot a bull Elk 600 yards with my 220 swift thats really awesome Jim Bob let's go pick him up in my big old jacked up truck. Personally I think you're full of .

Great chatting with you, keep in mind I never said that the Big 22's were for everyone and or for any ranges. I was purely making a point that if one takes out the lungs that it's game over.

Mexico is/was a fun land. Back a few moons I used to hunt as well guided down there a bit for Coues, Desert Muley and sheep. Aside from the coues I had the most fun calling yotes down there. Heaven on earth when it comes to calling yotes

When going below the border I'd take my 6/06 or my 7 Mashburn Super.

Funny thing about trucks is I was figuring you for the Black jacked up rig, big tires, braked boomer rifles etc........so much for profiling eh...My rig is a Tacoma with a Topper that will make 100 days to the mountains, range, lakes, rivers etc in 2025 so yeah I'm pretty much full of it. Last year I made it 67 days, haven't closed out this year yet.

You have a fantastic weekend there sport!

 

[WYO300RUM]

Y'all should make a TV show. Nope don't use a guide only in Alaska, Yukon , NWT and Mexico where it's a requirement for certain animals Mexico you can hunt on your own but you could get shot so I don't do it. Been hunting out West for 25 years, just because I live in Va doesn't mean I haven't spent a substantial amount of time out West and taking several Elk. Funny thing, most men make up for a small set of usually with large items like big jacked up truck straight duals coming out the back really load. These days it's how big of an animal you can kill with the smallest caliber. Billy Bob I just shot a bull Elk 600 yards with my 220 swift thats really awesome Jim Bob let's go pick him up in my big old jacked up truck. Personally I think you're full of .

Get real. 25 years ? Wow. I'm going on 68 and I still can spell mule deer correctly. Money doesn't buy experience or knowledge. I gave you the benefit of doubt. I just think you are full of now. Asta la Vista Virginian try another Forum. White tail.

 

[WYO300RUM]

Heading to New Mexico next week, I have a Unit Wide 5B Bull tag. Can someone lone me a 6 CM I'm feeling steady "joking".
All jokes aside can someone enlighten me on the recoil as being an issue this day and time. We have state of the art muzzle brakes not that expensive "earplugs" and suppressors which can be expensive. My wife is 5'5" 120 lbs has smoked Elk with 270 WSM, 280AI, 28 Nosler and 300 PRC.
She has never turned around after a shot on the bench or in the field and said I'm not shooting this gun again. She smoked an Elk @ 350 yards last year laying in his bed with a 300 PRC 212 LRX Bore Rider the Elk never moved. So recoil shouldn't even be an issue buy a muzzle brake and some earplugs.

Elk still open there

 

[twooly]

A bad shot with a 7 mag is still a bad shot. If you like the 6mm and shoot it well, use it with confidence. Pick one of the bullets listed below that works in your rifle and go kill stuff. Even the old classics with railroad tie like BC kill pretty well.

103 eldx
108 eldm
95 tmk
115 dtac
100 interlock
100 core lokt
95 grain ballistic tip
100 grain partition (my dad says this bullet with 41 grains of IMR 4350 is The Lord's load if The Lord were a hunter)

Edit: And who wants to be bruised and bludgeoned worse than their quarry anyway

 

[WYO300RUM]

Anyone ever watch "Best of the West" they were doing this with 7mmRM and Bergers 15 years ago. It's the same thing other than now everyone is doing it with a new bullets and new cartridge. Everything is hunky dory until you make a bad shot. I don't try to shoot mono bullets through the rib cage hold right on the shoulder DRT and it's an impressive wound. I'll post pictures in couple weeks. Another thing I watch a lot of video and I'm yet to see an animal bigger than deer size hit the dirt that was shot with a 6CM, but I watched a guy with a 7mm PRC in the same video drop the animal dead. They all shot behind the shoulder.

Ya. They are 2 miles from me. Woo hoo.

 

[dogz]

Ya. There 2 miles from me. Woo hoo.

Are those guys still up and running?

 

[300RUM LNGRNGE]

If I need to dig a ditch and there is an excavator setting there that I can use, I don't pick up the shovel.
Sure I can dig it with a shovel.........