The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - What caliber for deer, antelope or maybe elk?

Wyosmith · September 12, 2018, 12:02 PM

Hey Nathan.....
Seems like you may want to emphasize the point that so many posters here missed. Obviously anything good enough for elk has no problem with deer or antelope.
Lowest recoil that can be had with an elk-gun is what I saw. (I saw correctly .... didn't I?)

I have killed elk with 270s 308s, 30-06s 7 mag 8X57 338s and 375H&H and several others, and they all worked well.

But that was not what was asked for in the first post.

September 12, 2018, 12:02 PM	#22
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	Hey Nathan..... Seems like you may want to emphasize the point that so many posters here missed. Obviously anything good enough for elk has no problem with deer or antelope. Lowest recoil that can be had with an elk-gun is what I saw. (I saw correctly .... didn't I?) I have killed elk with 270s 308s, 30-06s 7 mag 8X57 338s and 375H&H and several others, and they all worked well. But that was not what was asked for in the first post.