Elk calibers

[Idaho-Lefty]

Practice in the summer shooting and you will know your comfort zone. Everyone’s is different, shoot from different positions like off your pack from the ground and not all from a bench then you will have a better understanding of YOUR level of accuracy and at what distance you are comfortable with taking a shot. Shoot in the wind and messy conditions as well. Shot placement trumps all else so be honest with yourself. I can cold bore steel at 1000 on my range at times but I’m not comfortable taking that shot on animals even though my caliber will carry the energy. Practice. Troy

THIS ^^^^ Well said,.. My son and I practiced, off "sticks" with, a Pack on our Chests, that's holding the Rifles "Toe" very STILL, to 400 Yards and we were hitting 10" Steel disc's 5X in a row. Then over the Packs, Prone position with Toe support bag, to 650 yards, using custom made, VERIFIED Tapes, on our Scope Turrets. We figure our Guns "could Kill' ( bullets, still "Mushroom" ) to 750-800 Yards, if necessary, but as experienced shooter/ Hunters, we realize WIND, is a "huge factor" in the Mountains and a true "unknown" !! So we imposed, self limits of 650 yards MAX on Elk ! But we ended up shooting, only 250 yards for him and 60-70 yards, on my Elk ! LOL ! We walked a LOT of Miles, saw a lot of Elk ( Idaho and Arizona ). We SOLD our BIG, heavy weight, Guns, his 300 WSM and my .338 Win. Mag that, I "thought" I had to have when, I was, 30- 40 years old, but we found out that we can "shoot", the 7 RM, .30-06/ .270 win, 7mm-08, and .270 WSM, so much better !

 

[rwk]

I have 3
338 win mag
30-06
279 wsm