I don’t have the energy to read 15 pages but curious if you lost 2 elk how you know they both died in 150 yards? And later on you said the other hunter with 40 years experience lost an elk that was a double lung. Did you find them later? Not trying to start an arguemejt or question you in any way other than curious how you ended up finding the outcome. Thanks!
Where the Elk live in Sask the bush can be really thick. Most areas have been logged 2-3 times in past 120 years. The undergrowth is usually thick. Some of the "regen" after its been clear cut a bird would have a hard time flying through it.
Thats impressive penetration at 360 yards....what was load recipe?
...because....he was hunting the area 3 days later and birds/scavengers led him to carcass....
How can your friend claim a double lung shot if he thought he missed and didn't find any blood? In my experience the most important thing to clean kills is being proficient and confidant in your setup. Being able to spot your shot is key to me. You need to be able to know weather you hit or missed. Then being able to get back on target for follow up shot fast. You also need to be able to get setup in a comfortable shooting position. To me having your rifle setup so you can spot the shot and the gear to quickly get in a comfortable shooting position is far more important than the size of the bullet. I know that inside 400yds if I get set up in a steady position it won't matter if I'm shooting my 25-06 or my 300WSM I am confidant I can hit where I am aiming and will be able to make a fast follow up shot if needed.
Dang, that’s rough. I found a dead bull last year that smelled pretty bad. The smell led me right to it!
I am DONE splaining....
Not sure why you’re directing it at me. Never said you didn’t anything wrong and told a story about how I lost an animal. The guys you hunt with probably should take up golf instead but none of what I said was directed toward you.
I have hunting in thick stuff like you speak of... I know what it consists of in Alberta and also in parts of the U.S. Amazingly to we have Beavers here
You trolled, people bit. Internet life.
Guys are reacting because you're making ridiculous statements as indisputable fact. The incredible irony or your posts is had your friends been shooting a softer bullet, something that you'd likely consider only suitable for coyotes like a berger or eld. An argument could be made those elk would have made it less than 150yds, maybe considerably less.
I am sure we have all lost animals, any one that’s hunted long enough has. But many don’t blame the gun, we blame ourselves. A 270 will kill any elk with a properly placed shot. It’s the shooter that put the bullet in the improper spot, or possibly choose the wrong projectile for the job. And your getting ragged on for blaming the gun, it’s that simple. I shot a good size mule deer buck with a 243. My buddy calls it my BB gun. At the shot he dropped, but when we approached he jumped and took off. Never seen him again. I have killed a lot of antelope, deer and elk with that rifle, without issue. I feel I may have hit him in an antler, and knocked him out. But I know for sure it was not the gun, nor the 100 gr. Partition bullet that lost that deer for me, it was me.
I've seen that happen a few times. Both the antler and a hit to the body. How it was explained to me is the hydrostatic shock to the body (usually central nervous system related) temporarily incapacitates the animal. We have all probably hit some part of our body at some point where we cannot use that body part for a few minutes. I imagine it is something similar. Nerves recover and they are able to get up and move off. The antler strike just makes them woozey and they are fine later. But the other usually leads to death I would imagine.
I never once said the 270 would not work?
