big10hunter
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What is the height of an average rocky mtn Elk from top of back to bottom of chest? I would like to know for shooting at distances.
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big10hunter
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Sorry to ask, but does anyone else agree?
justin davis
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I'd agree. Around 30 inches from bottom to top of chest
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I rough measured this on a big bull many years back and it was close to 32 inches so 30 is right there as a good baseline.
shaun
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30"-35 as said or in perspective a 55 gal drum lid
Hunt'nFish
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28" has been the accepted avg back to brisket demension for a mature 6x6 Rocky for decades. This is not to say that some don't go a couple inches bigger or smaller, but 28 is the accepted avg. This is also why the subtension of a Leupold Fine Duplex reticle is ~56moa. (or 28" at 500yds on 10x and 1000yds on 20x) Old man Leupold knew exactly what he was doing when he designed the Leupold Duplex Reticle all those years ago. For the express purpose of ranging Rocky Mt Elk.
Bracket elk back/brisket (post to post), divide mag power by 2 and that is how many hundreds of yards it is away.
Hunt'nFish
Bracket elk back/brisket (post to post), divide mag power by 2 and that is how many hundreds of yards it is away.
Hunt'nFish
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