260 for elk

[Smtn10pt]

If I had the 338 I'd use that and wear ear plugs. Get a pair that are connected with a string and loop them through your hat band, only takes a second to pop them in.

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

My .260 has a perfect record on bull elk, 1 for 1 so far. How's that for some ironclad data!!!

 

[Straight Arrow]

.....wear ear plugs. Get a pair that are connected with a string and loop them through your hat band, only takes a second to pop them in.

I have been hunting elk many, many years and get pretty darned excited during each encounter. Set my rifle down, "pop" in a pair of ear plugs, then resume the hunt .... 'ain't gonna happen! 'Just sayin.

 

[VAspeedgoat]

Was just re reading the thread and thought of my Dad, he loves his walkers game ears if they are legal in your state.

 

[bobbydean]

Good info guys,

I have tried game ears and still have them. Unfortunately, I get too hyped when I see am opportunity for a shot and do not put them in.

I have shot Nosler partitions since I started hunting 40 plus years ago. I never had a reason to change.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[elkjim]

I'm a bow hunter myself, but my son isn't quite strong enough to hunt elk with a bow, so we go rifle hunting for him. His first elk was with a .243 at 100 yards and his second was with a .308 at 75 yards. Both were good shots, and there wasn't much difference except that the one shot with the .308 took longer to expire.

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

elkjim,

Check your PMs.

 

[1_pointer]

Breaksrunner from here, used his 260 on a grizzley hunt in AK.

I have yet to make a shot that couldn't have been made just as well with a 260...