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dmented692006 · February 11, 2006, 07:38 PM

i dont know about the elk, i would say atleast 180 grains and for the boar, i just got back from a boar hunt and i thought i needed a big bullet to kill it and you dont, generally people shoot them in the head right behind the ear. i saw in a boar hunting magazine a pic of a 17 year old girl who killed a russian boar with a 17 hmr by shooting it in the head so any size bullet out of a 300 mag will be more than enough.

February 11, 2006, 07:38 PM	#6
dmented692006 Member Join Date: January 21, 2006 Posts: 60	i dont know about the elk, i would say atleast 180 grains and for the boar, i just got back from a boar hunt and i thought i needed a big bullet to kill it and you dont, generally people shoot them in the head right behind the ear. i saw in a boar hunting magazine a pic of a 17 year old girl who killed a russian boar with a 17 hmr by shooting it in the head so any size bullet out of a 300 mag will be more than enough.