270 Winchester for bull elk

Suther said:
Lol can't really argue with that... However, experience is only one way to gain knowledge, and all the experience in the world is worth very little if you don't learn from it. Alternatively, you can learn a lot without ever going hunting, if you know how to research a topic and filter out what is a good source vs a bad one. Critical thinking, methodical research, and a finely tuned bull#### detector can get you pretty far in most things..

People like to rag on me because I'm poor (I use a savage axis because it's what I could afford) and inexperienced(this is only my 4th or 5th season hunting), but I've learned more in my few years doing this than some people who've been at it for decades because I'm always actively looking for new things to learn about, for me education is a life long journey, and currently my biggest hobby is firearms/hunting so I've spent a lot of time researching this stuff.
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When you have guided all sorts of hunters for a couple decades, it takes about 60 seconds to tell the difference between the ones who have spent time in the "books" versus the ones that have spent time in the "woods."

It only seems equivalent when you haven't spent time in the woods.
 
hoytcanon said:
Wouldn't you let in more light through the exit hole?
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Na, the fatal light damage is done before the exit hole exists and in many cases when there none. An exit hole on the shady side might even let some of the light out. In any case, there are many instances of near instant fatalities with only entrance holes and few if any with only exit holes.
 
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todbartell said:
A coworker has been telling me that the 270 Win is marginal for bull elk. I have never hunted elk with a 270, so have no first hand experience. What says CGN?
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Your coworker is absolutely right, the 270s will bounce off of the elks hide and create a very dangerous situation, in other words, never use one.
 
I have never hunted Elk ,, Have seen a few up close in the wild in Ontario ,, But there is not very many around so few people in Ontario have any knowledge of elk unless they hunt them elsewhere ,, But I was always told by hunters that had spent time in Alberta and B.C. and did hunt elk when they were living there that Elk were tougher too kill than moose .. Not one told told me they were easier too kill .. So if some one asks me about elk; I tell them // from what I have been told by people that do hunt them they are tough .. I was told the same thing about mountain Goats ,, Not a very big animal but hard too anchor
 
mike Crawford said:
I have never hunted Elk ,, Have seen a few up close in the wild in Ontario ,, But there is not very many around so few people in Ontario have any knowledge of elk unless they hunt them elsewhere ,, But I was always told by hunters that had spent time in Alberta and B.C. and did hunt elk when they were living there that Elk were tougher too kill than moose .. Not one told told me they were easier too kill .. So if some one asks me about elk; I tell them // from what I have been told by people that do hunt them they are tough .. I was told the same thing about mountain Goats ,, Not a very big animal but hard too anchor
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They are tough if you shoot them in the guts.
 
Must be from hooterville, something in the water over there. Nothing short of a 280 rem will put a sag in a big bull.
 
.270? Not enough controversy.
How about .260 Rem, my favourite understated over-achiever chambering? Or 6.5 Creedmore, the caliber of choice, for the hairbun and neckbeard crowd?
 
Great troll thread, anything that puts holes in the vitals will kill stuff. I can say from experience that the .416Rem with 300x/2900fps and the 340 WBY 225 partition/ 3050fps work really well. Contrary to previous posts light coming in from both sides seems to still work!
 
Ah, there you go. O’Connor hunted sunny open slopes, kieth more of a bush guy. Nothing to do with bullet construction or velocity. Breaking new ground here.
 
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