Whats your elk rifle

[indianw]

Rem 700 7MM 160 Gr. Noslers my back up Rem 700 270cal 150 noslers had to use my 270 last year had issues with the scope on the 7mm one shot dropped in his tracks not one step.
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[Old Hunter]

As a still hunter who hunts nothing buy high timber. My shots are close, and I don't need a long range gun. I used a 30-30 for most of my hunting career. (60 years) A few years ago I started to use a muzzleloader. It's all I use now. Even if I hunt the rifle seasons.

 

[Shooter]

Winchester M70 featherweight in 338-06. I use a 210gr nosler pt in it. And I get about 2750fps with it.

 

[Timberstalker]

Old Hunter, I like your style. Still hunting seems to be becoming a lost art. Seems like everyone wants to spot from mile away and shoot as far as possible these days. That is a good appraoch for some, but there's nothing like being surrounded by a heard of elk in the thick timber. Long range shooting is a style I just can't get into, its very impressive what good equipment can do though!

 

[HuskyMusky]

.340 Wby, 225grs@3100 fps barnes tipped-TSX, heavy/26" barrel

.300 WSM, 165/180grs, lightweight/24" barrel

 

[Old Hunter]

Old Hunter, I like your style. Still hunting seems to be becoming a lost art. Seems like everyone wants to spot from mile away and shoot as far as possible these days. That is a good appraoch for some, but there's nothing like being surrounded by a heard of elk in the thick timber. Long range shooting is a style I just can't get into, its very imressive what good equipment can do though!

Thank you. It's what my dad taught me in the 50's, and I liked it so much I've never done anything else.

 

[THelms]

Weapon of choice is my bow and death tipped arrow with screaming bull at 15 yds. However, I also have other tools and as others on here have said, I just want to be hunting. I shoot a .338-378 Weatherby that has accounted for 3 elk, in the open country. It throws a 225 grain Triple shock really fast and flat and has been known to nueter a tick at six-hundred yards! For the close work in the timber I have a .35 Whelen spitting 225 trophy bondeds that is super sweet to carry and speaks death pure and simple.

 

[bluedunn0]

25-06 rem 115 nosler partition

 

[beav906]

Rytera alien X loaded with 300 spine axis tipped with 100 grain shuttle t locks. Or the Remington 700 7mm topped with a weaver grand slam 3.5x10

 

[trophyhill]

Weapon of choice is my bow and death tipped arrow with screaming bull at 15 yds. QUOTE]

same here for sure. if i hunt them (or any other big game for that matter) with a rifle it is my M77 7mm rem mag by Ruger. i have alot of history with this rifle before i started bowhunting in '08 and killed lots of deer with it.

 

[mconway951]

New setup for this year its a savage Long Range Hunter in 300 WSM shooting 210 bergers handloaded with H4350 topped off with a EGW 20 MOA base and votex viper pst scope with the MOA First Focal Plane reticle. Sweet shooting rifle cant wait to use it this fall for deer elk and antelope and possible a bear this spring.

 

[jay]

As of right now, x-bolt 30-06 with Vortex Diamondback BDC scope, and .50 cal T/C Omega with Bushnell muzzleload scope.

 

[Fish]

An old tang safety Ruger M77 rebarreled to 338/06 shooting Barnes X 200g or 210gr TS's

 

[In God We Trust]

Just put together a Remington Model 700 XCR2 .300 win mag. I put a Weaver 3x15 50mm Tactical FFP scope on it. I can't wait to fill a few tags with it this year.

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

IGWT,

That was a finalist scope for me, besides the Vortex Viper HS LR I can't seem to find in stock anywhere.

How is it?

 

[mthuntress]

bow , 257 Roberts or my 270 Win

 

[Elkoholic307]

Sako AV 375 H&H
Zeiss 4.5-14x44 Rapid-Z 800
250 TTSX or 260 AB

 

[gator7275]

elk rifle

this is my first year elk hunting Im going to be using my model 70 whinchester 26 in barrel magna ported 168 berger bullet nikon monarch 5-20-42 bdc reticle scope with leupold rings and bases

 

[BKC]

I just saw Denny Austed, who shot the spider bull, on T.V at an auction in SLC and I think he paid over 200K for the govenors tag for a mule deer. Did this just happen in 2012 or did I see an old show? This brings me to my question. What the $&%@ is a .300 Austed II ? This is what he shot the spider bull with.

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

Yeah,

Good ol' Denny. How many governor's tags is that for him? I just don't feel too good about somebody literally buying the world record.

He is quite the wildcatter.