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<blockquote data-quote="LBnM" data-source="post: 3022383" data-attributes="member: 817"><p>I agree that <em>for deer</em> caliber matters little. But <em>for elk</em> I highly disagree. .257 always was a favorite deer cartridge of mine, but it was .257 Roberts or for long range shooting .25-06. I killed a rather large bull elk with the .257 Roberts but passed many shots until I got the perfect head shot at about 45 yards. I would not hunt elk with it or the .25-06 again. There is a reason .257s are not legal many places <em>for elk</em>. Caliber does matter for them. The biggest problems I saw in a couple of decades hunting elk is that too many people with big magnum blasters didn't shoot them well. And frankly, that was more common as you got into the larger calibers because of the blast and recoil. Based on my experiences I would never recommend any caliber less than 7mm. Does not have to be a magnum unless your style of hunting is to sit on one hillside and snipe them off on another. A good clean shot, at <em>whatever range you opt to shoot</em> and a large enough and properly constructed bullet is what's important. The elk is such a majestic animal it deserves no less than a quick and efficient dispatch. All my kills have been on bulls but if I were to hunt them again it would be for meat (love elk meat.) I would probably opt to a fairly young cow or spike, if legal. </p><p></p><p>Enjoy your BLR. My choice for an all around deer cartridge in Oklahoma and occasionally an elk would have been the 7mm-08 because it balances out the rifle so well but my choice isn't for anyone but me (by the time you are a geezer you are pretty opinionated - lol.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBnM, post: 3022383, member: 817"] I agree that [I]for deer[/I] caliber matters little. But [I]for elk[/I] I highly disagree. .257 always was a favorite deer cartridge of mine, but it was .257 Roberts or for long range shooting .25-06. I killed a rather large bull elk with the .257 Roberts but passed many shots until I got the perfect head shot at about 45 yards. I would not hunt elk with it or the .25-06 again. There is a reason .257s are not legal many places [I]for elk[/I]. Caliber does matter for them. The biggest problems I saw in a couple of decades hunting elk is that too many people with big magnum blasters didn't shoot them well. And frankly, that was more common as you got into the larger calibers because of the blast and recoil. Based on my experiences I would never recommend any caliber less than 7mm. Does not have to be a magnum unless your style of hunting is to sit on one hillside and snipe them off on another. A good clean shot, at [I]whatever range you opt to shoot[/I] and a large enough and properly constructed bullet is what's important. The elk is such a majestic animal it deserves no less than a quick and efficient dispatch. All my kills have been on bulls but if I were to hunt them again it would be for meat (love elk meat.) I would probably opt to a fairly young cow or spike, if legal. Enjoy your BLR. My choice for an all around deer cartridge in Oklahoma and occasionally an elk would have been the 7mm-08 because it balances out the rifle so well but my choice isn't for anyone but me (by the time you are a geezer you are pretty opinionated - lol.) [/QUOTE]
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