What caliber do you use for elk? Poll - - Please vote

[270Shooter]

I bet the old 30-40 krag has killed its fair share of elk too.

[firecrotch]

i do work with the .270 wsm

[Heavily Armed Hiker]

270 WSM 140 grain accubond.  Thinking about upgrading to a 300 WSM or 325 WSM though

[big iron]

460 s&w mag, 

[WAPITIHUNTER]

Archery= some sort of broadhead.......................Rifle= .300 Wby mag.

[ihunt]

7mm rem mag

[guardian]

Broadheads this year. 7mm rem mag or 270 past years.

[Woodchuck]

.338 WIN MAG, FIRST GUN I BOUGHT BRAND NEW

[Goldeneye]

300 win mag.

[viktorp]

.338 Win Mag 

[Huntboy]

270 WSM, kid uses an 30-06.

[matlockmike]

30-06  good all around gun

[Crunchy]

I claim to be a bow hunter, but drew a second elk tag and shot this one with my Rem 7 mag with a 160 NP.  300 yard shot, broke rib going in and out, and stuck just under the hide on the far side.  Not much blood trail at all.

[Dean44]

.338 Win Mag.

250 Grain bullet for most kills. There was a few years that I used 185 grain Barns X, then later switched back to the 250 Grain. The 185 Barns X seldom had an exit hole but I recovered a lot of bullets just inside the skin on the other side. They always performed flawlessly as far as weight retention. 250 Grain Nosler Partition or Bonded Core always have had an exit hole so I don't get to recover them. 250 Grain Sierra Boat Tails have had an exit hole about 50% of the time. They typically break up when they hit bone but they do a lot of damage even if they don't exit. I have also used the 250 Grain Hornady Interlock and they perform about like the Sierra Boat Tails.

I have also taken elk with my .44 Mag Ruger SRH. 317 Grain hard cast gas checked bullet.

My .338 Win is an early model Ruger Mark II. Last year I upgraded the old boat paddle stock to a free floated walnut stock.

My experience with elk is "Use Enough Gun"  :-)

[mossback91]

Crunchy your making me hungry