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got my cow elk Friday afternoon! 200 yards, .300 Win Mag. Had my choice of many out of about 40. Waited until she turned broadside and cleared another behind her and fired. She went about 10 yards before foundering. It's a bitch getting a big old cow out by yourself! But it will be worth every sore muscle! Guns and hunting | ||
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Lot's of good eatin. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Great job! I got my cow elk as well, with the same caliber (which is one of my favorites)! | |||
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Congratulations, that will be some fine eating.  Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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Congrats! Elk hunting is so much fun!  | |||
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Good deal. What bullet? Most game, especially elk are killed, or make it over the last steepest hill within reach. That's well known about elk. Last one I killed was up a steep hillside in 20" of snow. Hit her just right and knocked her down. Slid over half the 200yds down toward me before stopping. I was started up the hill by then. Damned if she didn't jump up and start running off! I made a bad off hand shot from out of balanced position and hit top of the hips on the spine. Dropped her then. Went on up and she wasn't dead yet, blew her head apart with the pistol. Grabbed an ear and lightly tugged. She slid over 50 yards. By then, others had driven my p/up right below me. Third light tug on an ear she slid right into the back wheel. Never been so lucky before. Half dozen others were there by then, I asked for help to load her up whole as there wasn't any place to dress it out. Amazing sometimes the way things come together. Once out of 60 or more I've been in on "packing out". might be a good time to quit hunting and just dwell on how lucky that one was. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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factory Remington 180 gr Core Locks. Bullet did it's job but disentegrated. Guns and hunting | |||
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Outstanding. Is the elk dead? Those coreloks do their job well! . | |||
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Sounds like a good hunt to me. Congrats! ~Ann   | |||
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Yes,sir the elk is deceased. As I said the bullet did it's job before disintegrating. Guns and hunting | |||
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Awesome! The 180gr Corloct is a heck of a bullet at 30-06 velocities . I don't think that it would be my first choice in something as fast as a 300wm. Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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