Elk Rifle

[Granygudness]

The last two years when I headed West hunting elk, I've taken a Cooper in .300 Win Mag and a Christensen Arms Custom in .300 RUM as back-up. I'd go with a CA Ridgeline in .300 Win Mag.

I have "a few" rifles and "a few" in .30 caliber but somehow my first pick is always a .300 Win Mag.

 

[Beck]

The last two years when I headed West hunting elk, I've taken a Cooper in .300 Win Mag and a Christensen Arms Custom in .300 RUM as back-up. I'd go with a CA Ridgeline in .300 Win Mag.

I have "a few" rifles and "a few" in .30 caliber but somehow my first pick is always a .300 Win Mag.

A wise man once told me "You should never buy a .300 Win Mag, you'll never have an excuse to buy anything else"

 

[Bandera]

I have shot elk with .308 Winchester, 7mm Mag and a 50 cal muzzle loader.
The 308 was about a 400 yard shot, elk collapsed dead right there.
The 7mm Mag was at around 150 yards, one through the lungs and the bull stood there. A couple of minutes later it decided to lay down, an unneeded second shot speeded up its demise.
The muzzle loaded was a 134 yard shot. The bull ran about 30 yards and collapsed, then slid under a rather large cedar bush, hiding him completely. It took a minute or two to sort out where the elk was.
Another elk that my dad shot was with a 7mm Mag, neck shot at 70 yards. The bull went down like the hand of god slapped him. He then got up and lowered his antlers and continued towards me. I was ready to brain him when my dad hit him with a second neck shot.
Elk seem unimpressed by the 7mag.

 

[KJE81]

We dont have Elk here in Sweden but I would think I would use my kipplauf if we had, it is something very refreshing about stalking when you have but one bullet...

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

We dont have Elk here in Sweden but I would think I would use my kipplauf if we had, it is something very refreshing about stalking when you have but one bullet...

@KJE81 correct me if I am wrong, in Sweden aren't the moose referred to as elk? Or is it the other way around?

 

[KJE81]

@KJE81 correct me if I am wrong, in Sweden aren't the moose referred to as elk? Or is it the other way around?

I have heard the word Elk beeing used to mean moose in english in Europe aswell, perhaps it is because the swedish word for moose is "Älg" which is actually quite similar to "Elk" at least when spooken if not in writing.

But since moose are so much bigger I think it would be more correct to call our local deers (Red Deer) for Elk instead, they are more similar in size and general appearance

 

[Finprof]

@KJE81 correct me if I am wrong, in Sweden aren't the moose referred to as elk? Or is it the other way around?

Scientific name Alces Alces is also called moose or Eurasian elk.

In Canada we call grouse partridge and call walleye pickerel. It is quite common to call the same species by different names in different places.

The one most confusing to me is bonito, which can be either delicious or inedible depending on where you are.

 

[Milan]

Not sure what happened there. Mods please fix/remove the link. Apologies.

 

[JimP]

Not sure what happened there. Mods please fix/remove the link. Apologies.

Did you hit the Report button at the bottom left?

If not I reported it for you

 

[JimP]

The problem with deciding on a elk rifle is that most of them from a 243 and up work. They also have failures.

All of the elk that I have shot have died. Some like lightning hit them and others that acted like a mosquito had bitten them. They have dropped in their tracks and they have ran off a ways. It didn't matter what I had shot them with. But they all died and were recovered.

Here's a list of my elk,deer, and other big game rounds. These are just those that have killed a elk, bull or cow.

357 mag
357 Herrett
41 mag
44 mag
7-30 Waters
7mm Rem Mag
30-06
348 Winchester
340 Weatherby mag.

I have other capable rounds but those are what I have killed elk with.

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

I’ve Killed a few Elk with my 7MM REM MAG using Nosler Partitions and Barnes TSX.

I’ve Killed a few Elk with my 300 RUM and Berger 210 VLD hunting bullets. No issues. Killed them dead.

Killed 1 Bull Elk with a .45 Cal Muzzle loader.

A practiced and well placed shot is most important. If that includes a longer distance shot with a capable rifle and shooter, so be it.

 

[Milan]

Did you hit the Report button at the bottom left?

If not I reported it for you

Thought I did. Couple times. But Thanks! The post originally showed the image correctly. But I did have hard time posting it.