Mag., and does so out of shorter barrels. But, because elk have big antlers and big bodies, some hunters believe it takes an even bigger bullet to kill them. Join F&S+ to read exclusive stories by your favorite writers. There's not enough practical difference between the 270 and 280 for it to really matter in the field. This guys is on the lower end of your range just breaking 260. The right bullet in the right place. Nonsense. border-color: #656565; It would go about 305-310 with a whole tine. Kel-Tec KS7 Pump Action Shotgun Specifications and features. Mag. Shot opportunities come dear when hunting big bulls on public land, and nothing is better for tricky shot angles than a hard-hitting, deep-driving .338 bullet. In the past, you had to handload to get these, but long-range shooters have created sufficient demand that many ammo makers now offer factory ammo featuring bullets heavier than 200-grains. color: #ffffff; What is the average weight of an adult male elk? This measurement has already been accounted for in the main beam measurement. Now add 152 to our base of 200 and you have a 352 bull. Featuring a belt-free, standard-length case with a shoulder sharp enough to provide ultimate capacity and internal efficiency, yet not too steep for slick feeding, it outperforms even the .300 Weatherby Magnumand fits in standard-size bolt actions. If you add these totals up for main beams, spread, and mass from both sides you get 200 inches. Your taste in rifle weight, mass, and recoil will color your choices. If thats the camp you hunt from, have at it, but understand that with the .338 Remington Ultra Magnum, every time you pull the trigger you will get smacked with about 45 foot-pounds of recoil. So, with the proper balance in mind lets look at a great method for scoring mature bulls on the hoof. My eyeballs tell me from the 3rd point down he's better than a 300 bull, but from the 4th point up to the 6th on either side, he's smaller than what a 300 bull might look like. Itll only hit 2,400 fps or so with a 225-grain bullet, so the 200- and 210-grain slugs might be the better choice. The sponsor (winning bidder of the auction) paid to send Cody Scriver, a nine-year Marine veteran who . No rough-and-tough manly man in the 1960s was going to admit he couldnt handle that. FORLOH AllClima Softshell and AllClima Stretch Woven Pant Review. This will be influenced significantly by the terrain youll hunt. Note that a 320 bull will likely have 46 to 48 inch beams, about 56 inches of total mass, and a 38 inch spread. It has a near perfect balance of length, width, power, and recoil. With the right bullet, the .338 RCM is good all the way from 500 yards down to thick-timber distances. It may not display this or other websites correctly. At magnum velocities, the soft bullets tended to fragment and fail to penetrate adequately. Is the .280 Remington a viable caliber/load/round/cartridge for elk hunting? will handle the .338 Win. Bulls scoring 320-350 . And yes, shots on elk can be far. Shooting an elk with one, however, is about like shooting a gopher with a .30/06. Grossed at 323 and netted 318. Mature bulls have heavy bones, dense muscle, and loads of resilience from years of shrugging off battle wounds. winchester 9422 22lr., legacy, high grade, gold horse rider, final tribute, new unfired in the box with owners manual, hang tag, etc. Just $1 per month , Find a tough cartridge for one of the most prizedand toughestbig game animals around, We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. They were grouping well under MOA, too from a 5-pound rifle! Elk carry enough venison on the hoof to suggest a big cartridge and big bullet. And he could get it in affordable rifles from several manufacturers. trajectory may explain how the 7mm Rem. Finding and indentifying Shooter Bulls: Identify the sword (G4) and the whale tail to verify that you are looking at a 66 or better bull. Zero both three inches high at 100 yards and at 400 yards they both drop 11.3 inches and deflect about 8.5 inches in that 10 mph breeze. Whats not to like? Field judging elk sized animals you don't often get to see, to me anyway, will be harder than it sounds. Mag. You must force yourself to look at every point and find any weaknesses to increase your accuracy. In the question of Is the .280 Remington within the ideal range of suitable calibers for elk hunting? our answer is: Lets look at those assumptions a bit closer in the following table. This takes us back to the launch. This little brother to the .338 Win. Cartridge means the case that holds the powder that drives the bullet. A few more calibers throwing those famous .308 bullets include the .300 Ruger Compact Magnum, .300 SAUM, .300 WSM, .30/308 Norma Mag., .300 H&H, 30 Nosler, .300 Wby. Generally, a bull with a 300 class rack will be 4 or 5 years old. Add these up and you get 76 inches. text-align: left; Taking this into account gives us 378 to around 385. Las Vegas, NV 89113. While not quite reliable, it has its place at times. Dont cripple yourself with a moderate-velocity cartridge that doesnt handle heavy, high-ballistic-coefficient projectiles well. Elk (Wapiti) have standing shoulder heights between 4'-5'7" (122-170 cm), head-to-body lengths in the range of 6'10"-8" (208-244 . It was my choice when I drew a limited entry Utah tag and dropped a 402 B&C gross (official) non-typical with one 180-grain Federal TBT. Subscribe to OL+ for our best feature stories and photography. Ive made this mistake before and regretted it. Free or royalty-free photos and images. Some come in ultralight rifles for easy mountain hunting, some in extra heavy platforms for stand hunting or longer range shooting. Short Magnums, Long Magnums, Ultra Magnums, stubby cases with long bullets, long cases even longer bullets; the list goes on and on. If the rack does not look heavy and has a thin appearance, I attribute 27 of mass per side or 54 total. Second, I forgot which socks are my lucky ones. .tg { Given that 1,500 ft-lb is considered elk power, both projectiles are golden. Plus, ammo is available in just about every sporting goods shop across the West. But not so much that youre afraid to shoot it. Enter the number of points. Curved points with belly to them are longer. Mag. The smaller the bullet, the higher its quality and the more precise its deposit must be. Here's the story of his hunt. Thats 1,000 psi less than the little .22/250 Remington. whats the biggest bull everyone has shot? Id be hunting the San Carlos Reservation every year! With the right bullet, a .270 will put down any bull walking the earth today. word-break: normal; ELKCHSR, I look pretty good for a 40 year old guy! .284-inch bullet or a 180-gr. Duck and goose hunters worry that unguided waterfowl hunting in Manitoba could eventually become a thing of the past for most Americans, Sometimesunder some circumstanceshunting is hard to explain. Pick a Marlin M1895 or a Winchester Model 1886 and hunt happy in the knowledge that youve got bull-thumping wallop in every thumb-sized cartridge. Lastly, when you have to drive your bullet into the shoulder of a massive, quartering-to bulland it will happen someday if you hunt elk passionatelyyoull thank me for this advice: Pick a heavy-for-caliber, controlled expansion bullet for elk. I understand what you are saying Bobmuley, but 5" could make or break a record book bull. Using our system, lets see what it would take to make a 350 bull. case. For somebody from TN who doesbt get to see elk except on tv and in mags it sure would make it hard to judge one in the field. Your IP: Paired with a sleek, wind-bucking bullet its still an outstanding choice for big bulls at distant ranges. Look for good curve in the G1, G2, & G3 points. I highly recommend dissecting a bull thoroughly before deciding to harvest that animal. thanks coondog Aug 10, 2005 #2 Tom New member Joined Jan 22, 2001 Messages 4,985 Location San Antonio, Texas, USA Here's a bunch from 300 to 400+ SCI scoring ones. The 280 Remington could be the Goldilocks of standard-length action hunting rounds. Any bull that has a solid 200 inch base and no visible weaknesses is usually a 340 or better bull using this system. On the other hand, with a tough, heavy-for-caliber bullet the Seven-Mag provides outstanding downrange ballistics and plenty of authority at recoil levels that most serious hunters can handle. Its inherently accurate, making long-range shots easier. border-color: black; Mag. You start by taking the first measurement at the smallest diameter between the first and second point, and then so on until you have 4 measurements total per side no matter how many points (tines) the bull has (See Coreys section on Scoring Elk). Many an elk hunter has suggested the .300 Win. For a truly monster elk, we recommend a 400" class bull. Although the 7mm-06 wildcat had been in existence for . Performance Mag. I feel pretty blessed not to have to subscribe to Hunttalk and be able to read countless hunting stories including two 400 inch bulls this year as well. South Dakota hunter Terry Ernst took the incredible drop-tine buck in Sonora back in January. Tags 2015 Elk Hunt Colorado Elk Hunt Eastmans Ike Eastman About Ike Eastman Mag. arrived in 1958 as a short magnum derived from the .375 H&H belted magnum case. A common thread you may encounter in online forums is anecdote after anecdote of large animals being brought down by small caliber bullets, or small animals surviving large caliber bullets. It generates velocities identical to the venerable .264 Win. thanks coondog. The resulting cartridge was based on the .30-06 case necked down to 7mm (.284"). With the deer thread you don't see differences in an inch, and we got the job doneAlmost. The .338/06 adds about 200 fps muzzle velocity for about two inches less drop at 300 yards and roughly 300 ft-lb more punch. Yes, it lacks one of the three virtues vital to great elk cartridges. Next, I estimate the length of the shortest point for each antler, double it and then add them up. Thats ok. Live and learn is a common aphorism for a reason. } vertical-align: top Any rifle strong enough to contain the 7mm Rem. That's not to say there aren't larger bulls around, but in most hard hunted general areas they're the exception rather than the rule. My dad's 2009 bull went 273 gross. Jay Scott Outdoors Any cartridge in a caliber big enough to hit an elk hard hits you hard, too. Killing a big bull at a steep quartering angle takes a very good cartridge, topped with a tough, deep-penetrating bullet. Of course those stories exist, and they are not disputed here. Keep in mind that with the Pope & Young and Boone & Crockett scoring systems (which are identical) you only measure 4 mass measurements along the main beam. Obviously, there is plenty of leeway in all of this, and personal biases can play a big role. The second method requires you to actually break the elk down and measure him by estimating actual point and beam length, mass and inside spread. Trying to determine mass is very hard and requires scoring quite a few racks, but if you use those numbers, you will often be close. While air judging I am trying to place the bull in a category of 275-300, 300-325, 325-350, 350-375, and 375-400. .tg .th-lmno { Keep in mind with this Base 200 system that as you go below 340 size bulls your base 200 numbers will need to be slightly adjusted as noted below. Youll have to place your shots carefully and select a deep-penetrating bullet. Example: You estimate 8 inches between the ear tip and the widest point of the main beam. Believe it or not, with the right bullet, it can hang right with the .300 Win Mag without the recoil. I've often though that a cow elk hunt . Thats why I like 7mm and .30-caliber magnums with tough, heavy bullets, and why I consider an elk hunter toting a .338 magnum a wise man. The antlers are light in mass by comparison to an older larger bull. This results in these point lengths totaling 397 to 400 plus! So many variables with scoring elk. The 300-inch Bull Elk from Gila I've called in quite a few bulls for other people that have scored 250 to 300 inches. Mag. Handloaders report optimum performance with a sleek, high B.C., 225-grain bullet pushed to an impressive 2,882 fps from a 24-inch barrel. This is meant to be used as a fun tool to help you sharpen your elk antler scoring skills. On the other side of the caliber scale are the .35 Whelen (.30/06 necked up) and various .375s. I sat down with Craig Steele ofExclusive Pursuits Outfittersand we went indepth on picking apart an elk's rack. Thats good enough for 3,500 ft-lb muzzle punch. Youll appreciate that kind of performance if you can handle the recoil. loads. Mag. The Pope and Young Club awards North America's finest archery-killed wapiti by size in two categories: typical or symmetrical antlers and non-typical or unsymmetrical horns. (Even pure bullet lead has traces of copper, zinc, nickel, arsenic, aluminum. Anyone call/bring in blacktail or black bear? One, lung-shot by a client with a .270, reared as might a horse then fell backward, planting its long beams in the ground. As little as .1 percent copper can cause hard spots.) Our Genetics are improving each year and our antler average is getting bigger each year. Ive just shown that its no faster than the .300 Win. Browse 755 big bull elk stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. 300 Bull: G1= 14, G2= 14, G3=10, G4= 16, G5= 8. Thus, a caliber that is effective from 50 yards may not have enough stopping power from 200 yards. Its extremely versatile with a broad selection of bullet weights, and with the right bullet is a great long-range performer. border-color: black; Now that weve got our solid base score of 200 to start with lets see what the average breakdown is for most bulls from 300 to 400. Copyright 2000-2023 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. background-color: #efefef; Mature bulls have heavy bones, dense muscle, and loads of resilience from. Shenandoah Valley. Again, most 400 bulls will have 54 to 56 inch beams, and a spread of potentially more than 40 inches. Multiply by 2 and you have 152. The 6.5 Creedmoor, 7mm-08 Remington, and .308 Winchester rifles have 22-inch barrels. Recoil is light, and reach is outstanding. worldwide popularity. Eastern elk were driven to extinction due to commercial use, unregulated hunting, and habitat loss in the 1800s and early 1900s. vertical-align: top as with all other cartridges, and in every case its been outstanding. Some cartridges take root in the hunting world quickly, others fade . Mag., .300 RUM, and .30-378 Wby. Just be aware that shot angles and placement do become critical as bullet mass and energy decline. Looking for a Hunting or Fishing Partner. Bullets engineered to expand at 7mm terminal velocities are the ticket, and there are plenty of them. Certainly the .270s and 6.5mms can and do take elk annually, but one would be hard pressed to recommend them as optimum. can be laid at the feet of the shooter or the bullet used. What does a 380+INCH Elk look like? 180-gr. Well, I can post just what you need. Recoil is about 30-percent less than the .338 Win. A beautiful 66 bull hangs above his harem, guarding against three smaller bulls orbiting the herd, hoping to cut out a cow and run away with her. Many times, the third points are the source of a bulls weakness. border-color: #656565; The 7mm Remington Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum rifles have 26-inch barrels. First, I am having problems finding pics of a bull that size to show dad. Before modern rangefinders, it was the cartridge of choice for world-traveling hunters who liked its flat trajectory and emphatic impact. } developed a reputation as a wounder because ammo companies and handloaders were stoking it with light, thin-jacketed projectiles meant for 757 Mauser speeds. Our typical bulls will average 400-430" and the sky's the limit for non-typicals. Choosing one of them comes down to personal preference and the kinds of rifles one likes to carry. Reply 11-30-2006, 09:14 AM #3 . Here is a 330 gross bull with a down turned brow ;^). Maybe in some altered reality this might be true, but the .358 cannot compete with a 165-grain .308 or .30/06 load at any distance beyond 100 yards. The 7mm family hatched around 1892 with the 7x57mm Mauser and has since grown to fifteen or more. Selecting your perfect elk caliber hinges on you as well as the elk and the landscapes and habitat in which youll hunt them. In other words, if we took our 380 bull from above and made him 77 with 8 inch G6s he would quickly jump to 396 or better! Let's look at those assumptions a bit closer in the following table. For instance, if a bull is a fairly symmetrical 66 just add up one side of his points (G1, G2, G3, G4, & G5) and multiply by two. border-style: solid; This is a grand-old cartridge based on the .308 Winchester, but it is loaded with a .358-caliber bullet. could be chambered in the standard Model 70 rifles of the day and eventually most other standard length bolt action rifles. You are using an out of date browser. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 elk drop in each year to spend the winter. throwing similar weight projectiles means youre packing elk medicine. The .264 topped out at 140-grains. If the .338s are the best caliber on the upper end for elk, the 7mms are the best at the lower end. notice the short 5/6 points on mtnman picture. in the mid .4s to low .5s, good enough to provide maximum point blank range of 320 to 340 yards on a 10-inch target zone. The easier the terrain, the heavier the hunting rifle youll be able to tolerate. Best Ammo (Round, Load, Cartridge) for a Successful Elk Hunt. scoring Probably the most important aspect of field judging bulls is to have a solid, accurate starting place to build from. Kel-Tec: KS7GRN; 12 Gauge; Barrel Length 18.5 Inches; 3 Inch Chamber (Accepts 2-3/4" Shells) 6 Round Magazine Capacity; Bull Pup Styled Action; Pump Action Shotgun; Synthetic . For this Feature, weve tapped the eagle eyes of Steve Chappell, one of the best field judging experts in the elk hunting world, producer of the Extreme Bulls video series and owner of Chappell Guide Service. Just $1 per month , Heres a list of some of the most notable cartridges for elk hunting. No other elk cartridge offers the combination of style and performance like the .300 Weatherby does. I really like Codave's picture from behind the bull, I will have to remember that. At 2,500 fps and a B.C. When a big bull is bugling and rutting, elk fever always seems to add a few inches to an estimated score. That measurement is generally about 30. loads top out with 200-grain bullets, 210-, 220-, and 230-grain options are available. It's also nice to be able to ask hunters questions and even give them crap when needed. Keep'em coming boys, those are some impressive animals and dont get enough press. retains the title of best balanced elk caliber in it. Idaho Elk Outfitters 2113 West 3800 south Rexburg, Idaho 83440 208-313-3634. All Rights Reserved. Bulls Scoring 380-400. Add these to the base of 200 for a total of 360. I have several non-typicals available each year over 600". Coondog, there are a few articles in some of the current gun/hunting rags regarding field judging. Here's how to set realistic expectations, get it done, and have a blast. 340 Bull: G1= 16, G2= 16, G3= 12, G4= 18, G5= 10. There are big bull elk. The ought six has probably killed more elk than all the other cartridges listed here combined. When picking an elk bullet, shy away from light, fast projectiles and pick a heavy version. Fine options include the old .264 Win. Here was the same basic belted magnum case, but the 7mm threw bullets as heavy as 175 grains. Dropping a bull cleanly takes a good cartridge. I love to field judge bulls and then score them on the ground to see how close my field judging was to the real thing. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Heft up to a 10-pound rifle and kick will calm to just 32.7 ft-lb. 280 Ackley Improved, Rifles, Inc. Strata Stainless, 150-grain Barnes X, 1992, ID: Here's a 7mm based on an improved 280 Rem. "Pure" lead cores need thick copper jackets to prevent disintegration on impact. Mag. My hunting buddy, Dean Sanchez, and I were hunting the Gila National Forest. To answer the question completely, we would need to evaluate the downrange distance to the elk, the bullet type, the grain weight of the bullet, the physical condition of the firearm, the size of the elk in question, the shot placement, the local wind conditions, the expected accuracy of the shooter, the ethics of the ideal maximum number of shots the list goes on. A bull with 6 tines on each side is called a 6X6 ("6 by 6"). Apr 28, 2020. Please email us if you have questions about any of our product listings. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Join F&S+ to read exclusive stories by your favorite writers. Mag. The 28 Nosler and Remington Ultra Magnum adds about 250 fps to the Rem. Wed, Feb 22, 2023 LOGIN Subscribe for $1 Many times we hunters get overly caught up with trophy hunting. Note: If you are new to elk antler scoring or scoring in general, you can jump down to the bottom and watch the short four part video series on how to score an elk antler. Just make sure you have the best rifle for the terrain you intend to hunt. When a big bull is bugling and rutting, "elk fever" always seems to add a few inches to an estimated score. hatched five years later and gave big brother a real run for his money. Add 16 to 26 (tip to tip) and you have a spread of 42. }. I would love to have a dollar for every 360 bull that gets field judged to be 400. Ask hunters questions and even give them crap when needed light in mass comparison! I estimate the length of the auction ) paid to send Cody Scriver, a bull with a whole.... Loads top out with 200-grain bullets, 210-, 220-, and they are not disputed here Dakota hunter Ernst! Apart an elk bullet, it can hang right with the right bullet, the third points are the of... 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