COBrad
Well-Known Member
I've had one experience shooting elk with a creed. I was guiding 3 guys a few years ago who were using 6.5 creedmore's. Elk were ranged at 632 yards. One guy fired and wounded one that starts limping along slightly. Next guy fires almost the same time and hits one that I can see is hurt, but walks off onto the brush before another shot can be taken. Other guy shoots at the limping cow and she drops. High shoulder shot he says. When we get over there the dead one was hit in the head… lucky bad shot. I tracked the other that was hit but the small blood trail ended in just a few hundred yards. I believe if the guys had hit these broadside shots in the boiler room these cows would have died quickly enough. My biggest impression was the one we got. The limp was because the elk was hit in a front hoof. Bullet hole in but not out and the hoof was intact. Bullet hole in the head but no exit and the head was not visibly damaged otherwise. I don't know which bullet they were using. Closer range and their shooting would still have been bad shots but damage would have been increased. The creed will no doubt kill an elk at the medium ranges we're talking about but it would not be my first choice.