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old roper · January 31, 2014, 09:48 PM

I've taken elk with 30-06,300mag and 338mag and few others. When nephew got serious about wanting to hunt elk I gave him a 300mag. He's take some nice bulls/bucks with that rifle and my largest bull I ever killed was with that rifle.

I've never put myself into a spot what ever rifle I'm using won't do the job so I'm not into judging which kills faster or whatever. I've always like the 30 cal mags. I started using 30-06 mainly for cow elk tag and I get little more picky on a bull tag and got my cow tag filled last year with 30-06.

Good luck

January 31, 2014, 09:48 PM	#10
old roper Senior Member Join Date: June 11, 2007 Posts: 2,155	I've taken elk with 30-06,300mag and 338mag and few others. When nephew got serious about wanting to hunt elk I gave him a 300mag. He's take some nice bulls/bucks with that rifle and my largest bull I ever killed was with that rifle. I've never put myself into a spot what ever rifle I'm using won't do the job so I'm not into judging which kills faster or whatever. I've always like the 30 cal mags. I started using 30-06 mainly for cow elk tag and I get little more picky on a bull tag and got my cow tag filled last year with 30-06. Good luck __________________ Semper Fi Vietnam 1965 VFW Life member NRA Life Member