New from Northern Arizona

[Ridge Runner]

Would love a Kudu but most possibly a Zebra.

Welcome to AH.

In order either package 1 or 2 look like good choices.

 

[JimP]

One thing, 5 days isn't too much time for a few extra animals, especially if travel to another site is evolved.

But you may get a chance at other animals as you are hunting for what is on your list.

As for your rifles if you have the 6.8 I would use that. A heaver bullet is always welcomed. But the 270 will work with proper bullet placement using a premium bullet.

 

[steveaqha]

One thing, 5 days isn't too much time for a few extra animals, especially if travel to another site is evolved.

But you may get a chance at other animals as you are hunting for what is on your list.

As for your rifles if you have the 6.8 I would use that. A heaver bullet is always welcomed. But the 270 will work with proper bullet placement using a premium bullet.

Thank's!

 

[steveaqha]

Welcome to AH.

In order either package 1 or 2 look like good choices.

Thank's!

 

[Ridge Runner]

I definitely want to add a zebra and open to other's, kudu is a classic. I'm sure my son in law will be adding animals especially with his boy's. Am thinking of taking either a .270 or 6.8 western for myself and even thinking about taking my bow along ‍.
I worry more about getting them back home..lol

I'm not familiar with the 6.8 Western am with the 6.8 SPC. Given those choices of 270 or 6.8, same bullet diameter, I would opt for the 270 and a heavy bullet like a 140 or heavier for wildebeest, zebra, kudu, and red hartebeest.

Suggested other animal(s): 5 hunting days

Besides mentioned above

Warthog Springbok Impala Blesbok Gemsbok

Just my 2 cents....I would preferred to having a .3 caliber among the choices. ie. .308, 30-06, or a 300 variety.

Looking for to reading your hunt reports when you get back home.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Oops....guess you should have mentioned and the question asked:

How big is your trophy area?

Is Momma giving you a little wall space or do you have a room, basement, etc. larger area to hang your animals on?

Since you mentioned elk and thinking of a kudu, I suggested red heatebeast and gemsbok can be compared to elk (hieght size). Eland are cool, very big, bulky, animals if you add days or otherwise have a chance to get. With that bushbuck, bushpig, baboon, jackal are some good hunts.

 

[trperk1]

Your .270 is fine for the animals in your package. Use the same bullets for elk hunting

 

[CoElkHunter]

Welcome to AH!

 

[steveaqha]

I'm not familiar with the 6.8 Western am with the 6.8 SPC. Given those choices of 270 or 6.8, same bullet diameter, I would opt for the 270 and a heavy bullet like a 140 or heavier for wildebeest, zebra, kudu, and red hartebeest.

Suggested other animal(s): 5 hunting days

Besides mentioned above

Warthog Springbok Impala Blesbok Gemsbok

Just my 2 cents....I would preferred to having a .3 caliber among the choices. ie. .308, 30-06, or a 300 variety.

Looking for to reading your hunt reports when you get back home.

Ridge Runner, the 6.8 western is a fast twist .277 caliber capable of up to 175 grain bullets at 3000fps or better, I would use either a 165 gr Nosler abr, Barnes 155, a Hammer bullet in the 155 range or the 170gr Berger hunter elite.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Ridge Runner, the 6.8 western is a fast twist .277 caliber capable of up to 175 grain bullets at 3000fps or better, I would use either a 165 gr Nosler abr, Barnes 155, a Hammer bullet in the 155 range or the 170gr Berger hunter elite.

Honestly, I have never heard of the 6.8 Western till last week when I was looking up some reloading data, thumbing back and forth through one of my reloading manuals.

I had a T/C Encore Prohunter, 10 inch barrel, in 6.8 SPC til it was stolen a few years ago. I really liked that firearm and cartridge.

I loaded the 6.8 SPC up for deer using 130 grain bullets. The data listed the 140 grain bullets but they didn't preform as well as I liked. The 6.8 uses the same diameter bullet as the .270, so I called it my 270 shorty.

That is how I knew the .270 can go beyond the 140 grain weight bullets. Having never done in reloading or other cause to focus on 270 ballistics or load data (recently, about 4 decades ago) I haven't the knowledge of what the 270 grain bullet weights are beyond the 140 grain.

Sort of expected members to take up my slack who are more knowledgeable and use a .270 to recommend to the OP the best weight and type bullet for the PG game he is planning on hunting.