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Is .270 enough to take down an elk?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:50 pm
I think I’m headed to Wyoming for a hunt. I currently have a Winchester M70 featherweight. If I shoot 150 grain .270 will that be enough?
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Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:52 pm to mule74
My grandpappy used to kill elk with his single shot .22
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:53 pm to mule74
Yes, you will have to be selective with your shot and placement must be exact. I wouldn't try out past 2-250 yds if it was me.
I'm headed in the fall out there and taking my .300 WBY magnum with 180gr Nosler Partitions at 3250fps.
I'm headed in the fall out there and taking my .300 WBY magnum with 180gr Nosler Partitions at 3250fps.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:55 pm to mule74
Yes. Many elk have fell to the .270 win. You'll need to use a tough top quality 150gr bullet (partition, A frame, failsafe, barnes x, etc) and pick your shots carefully. Also a big difference between shooting the first cow you see and a big old trophy bull. For the latter, I would borrow a bigger gun (.300 win mag or larger) just so I didn't have to pass on an angled away once in a lifetime shot.
If you know your rifle and know when to shoot and when not to shoot a .270 is fine.
With big bull elk, no rifle caliber short of a howitzer is going to give 100% reliable fast kills. I'm planning to shoot a .375 h&h this year. I dont want to worry about penetration at all.
If you know your rifle and know when to shoot and when not to shoot a .270 is fine.
With big bull elk, no rifle caliber short of a howitzer is going to give 100% reliable fast kills. I'm planning to shoot a .375 h&h this year. I dont want to worry about penetration at all.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:18 pm to mule74
Sure... a newborn elk
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:28 pm to mule74
Sure but I would carry a .300.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:41 pm to mule74
Yes! I shot one at 125yds in the heart. It went about another 100. Shot another at over 200 and drop in his tracks.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:43 pm to mule74
A friend of mine shot a mule deer 4 or five times. Excellent shot placement on all. Didn't stay down until the last shot.
Same friend shot a moose. One shot. Same rifle. Never moved an inch
I vote yes.
Same friend shot a moose. One shot. Same rifle. Never moved an inch
I vote yes.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:48 pm to mule74
Why so much gun? Indians used to kill those with a bow and arrow.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:14 pm to LSUintheNW
One thing I dont recommend is going buy a 7 mag for elk. If you're going to buy a gun for elk, buy an elk gun. Get a fairly light rifle in whatever amount of recoil you can handle, preferably something that can fling good heavy bullets. Buffalo bore has a good write up on their website about the 7mag and elk. You need careful bullet selection and shot placement like any other light and fast caliber.
Theres a huge difference between a 200 yard shot on a one year old spike and a 300 yard shot on a quartering away bull of a lifetime. You CAN get that bull with a .243 if you're good enough, but at that moment on the side of a mountain at the culmination of a very expensive and long trip, do you want a .243 or a .338 win mag?
Theres a huge difference between a 200 yard shot on a one year old spike and a 300 yard shot on a quartering away bull of a lifetime. You CAN get that bull with a .243 if you're good enough, but at that moment on the side of a mountain at the culmination of a very expensive and long trip, do you want a .243 or a .338 win mag?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:16 pm to mule74
Yes. That's the only caliber that the guides we hunt with use. I killed a 850 lbish bull last year with mine. Took 2 steps and dropped at 210 yards.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:30 pm to X123F45
I think people mess up a few different ways with elk guns. They take their deer rifle and the same deer bullets and go elk hunting and have poor penetration. Or they go buy a Godzilla magnum arse blaster alpine edition and cant handle the recoil. Or they take hail Mary shots because they came a long way and finally get what resembles and chance and launch one across the valley into some poor 4 points arse cheek.
A guy with a .270, .30-06 or .308 who knows when to pull the trigger and when not to will be in good shape with anything in north America.
A guy with a .270, .30-06 or .308 who knows when to pull the trigger and when not to will be in good shape with anything in north America.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:36 pm to mule74
Yes. Downed many an elk with my Ruger .270.
As others have said shot selection is key. Otherwise you’ll be following them for a long long ways.
As others have said shot selection is key. Otherwise you’ll be following them for a long long ways.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:51 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:Definitely the .243.
but at that moment on the side of a mountain at the culmination of a very expensive and long trip, do you want a .243 or a .338 win mag?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:56 pm to AlxTgr
Aw yeah here we go
Posted on 7/20/20 at 4:04 pm to mule74
.270 is plenty for elk. My former 5th grade teacher used to live in Montana and shoot them with a .243 regularly. Of course he practiced a ton and knew what he was doing. It's all shot placement. Larger calibers and cartridges will allow you higher margin of error but the .270 will absolutely do the job.
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Posted on 7/20/20 at 4:36 pm to mule74
My buddy that lives in Montana kills them with 140 grain .270 every year.
Btw, name me 1 animal that can live shot through the lungs?
Btw, name me 1 animal that can live shot through the lungs?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 4:41 pm to mule74
With a well placed neck shot.... They all fall
Posted on 7/20/20 at 4:45 pm to ecb
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name me 1 animal that can live shot through the lungs?
Probably none, but killing and effectively killing are not the same thing.
Hunting on public land, I want all the horsepower I can stand to pack around.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 7:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Why not a 7mag?
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