"I'm going elk huntin'"

3006 with 165 accubond at 2850 dumped cow elk for me at 174 yards this year. Did it without incident. First time I've recovered an accubond that looked like the advertised mushroom on the nosler commercials. Dead is dead and it tastes good.
 
.375 H&H. Only because my only two hunting calibers is .270win and .375H&H. I'm sure the .270win would do the job no problem but I have to have an excuse to have a .375H&H. Also I have accumulated 600rds worth of reloading components for the .375 H&H.
 
If I'm serious about killing something I grab my 7mm rm. 140gr etips at 3200fps under .5 moa and I'm comfortable hunting anything in sk. It's light to carry and nice to shoot and with the Nikon bdc reticle I'm confident out to 500 yarfd. Not that I plan on shooting that far but I can if I need to. I will be taking it out for farmland moose in 2 weeks.
 
Gday guys, I'm no Elk expert but I shoot lot of Sambar deer, which are as tough, big and are generally exceptionally strong willed to live!

I think the 35 Whelen with a 250gr Projectile is spot on filthy good for an Elk!

I would however Grab my 7mm-08.... we all know her as Kim, id use a 140gr most likely but if in the dark timber I would have to load up some 160gr Woodleigh just cos!

Your 260 Rem, will do ok, all terms an conditions apply to shot placement, hunter patience and proper tooling.......

Lettuce know
WL
 
I'll be chasing my first one this year as well, taking two guns...both .375H&H's. My first elk will be a milestone in my hunting career, and I took about 2.5 seconds deciding on the cartridge to use. :)
 
I choose the gun on the way out the door depending on the mood I am in ,and the range I expect to be shooting. Could be a 30-30 , 32spl, 6.5 x 55 , 270win, 30-6, 7mm Rem Mag, or a 9.3 x 62 , or a50, 54 or 58 cal flinter or Caplock. . . All get loaded with Nosler Partitions, other than the BP's, they get fed great big chunks of pure lead.and I don't have any doubt at all all will do the job easily. Most time though I am packing a 50# Longbow or Recurve .

Elk are not bulletproof.
 
Out of a couple dozen elk that I have shot, most have been with .35 Whelen and 250 grain bullets loaded to 2500fps. I have had the most experience and very good results with the Speer Grand Slams. My current .35 Whelen is a custom barrelled Sako AV classic, with Zeiss 3-9x50. Perfect for elk in our part of the world.
I have also successfully used .270, 7mm08, 7x57mm, 7x64mm, .308, 30-06, 8x57mm, .356, .375H&H and maybe one or two others. All work OK if you use decent bullets, mid-to heavy weight for caliber and put them where it counts.
 
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