Use Enough Gun

[The Hedgehog]

And someone please help me out as I didn't get very far past the first post - what's the consensus on minimum caliber for shooting elk in the

7mm nosler assubombs quantity as enough gun

 

[hank4elk]

I had a Partition bounce of the shoulder of a boar once.
30-06, 150 yards on the run. I hit that pig 4 times and my buddy hit it twice with 7mm08 in the ass. We found the boar a mile away, bled out.
Boar weighed 350 @ the CAG&F scale @ FHL. Gutted.

I had a guy hit a bull here last year in the shoulder with a 270,350 yards,quartering to him,Partition. Never found that bull,and he went down 6 times before he hopped the fence. Guy swears he knows his rifle and has taken 3 elk with same setup.

 

[JLS]

I had a 10mm in a Colt Delta Elite. It is a very powerful handgun.

So very powerful. It HAS to be with a name like Delta Elite. But, still anemic relative to a .223.

 

[The Hedgehog]

But I just took my 400/50/3/day pledge and ordered my Montana resident hunter tee shirt so I should be allowed to use whatever gun I want.

Does anybody actually buy those?

 

[cahunter805]

I think the anatomy video is on page 3 of this one.

Lucky or good?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1417141781870858 I know the frontal shot has come up before. Given the right circumstances, I'd say good shot.

www.hunttalk.com

I packed a .223 looking for bears this weekend. Sorry if that ruffled anybody’s feathers. I plan to hunt with that little rifle a lot this spring, again.

What bullet you running in the 223?

 

[mtmuley]

What bullet you running in the 223?

Pretty sure he posted 62 grain TTSX. mtmuley

 

[cahunter805]

Pretty sure he posted 62 grain TTSX. mtmuley

Overlooked that in the other post. Thanks.

 

[mtmuley]

Overlooked that in the other post. Thanks.

Hammer makes an 83 grain.... mtmuley

 

[cahunter805]

Hammer makes an 83 grain.... mtmuley

Sounds perfect for the 22Creed. There are some very good 22cal bullets if you have the twist rate to spin them.

 

[Shangobango]

Well the .243 is definitely enough for deer, but I have seen at least one 400lb wild pig with my own eyes.

I guess you would call it wild It had been tampered with. Someone had captured it, cut it, and turned it back loose at some point. Was a genuine russian boar without all of the equipment lol. Was half as long as my grandpas Bronco 2 that did a wheelie trying to pull the thing up out of the canal that it manage to plunge into upon being shot.

A .243 can't kill deer and 400 lb wild pigs both reside in the same spot on my truth meter.

 

[Nick87]

Well the .243 is definitely enough for deer, but I have seen at least one 400lb wild pig with my own eyes.

I guess you would call it wild It had been tampered with. Someone had captured it, cut it, and turned it back loose at some point. Was a genuine russian boar without all of the equipment lol. Was half as long as my grandpas Bronco 2 that did a wheelie trying to pull the thing up out of the canal that it manage to plunge into upon being shot.

A .243 with a good bullet and the right shooter can be a do all for North America

 

[JLS]

A .243 with a good bullet and the right shooter can be a do all for North America

You’ll need an RPG for hogs though.

 

[noharleyyet]

You’ll need an RPG for hogs though.

...with a Hammer warhead.

 

[JLS]

...with a Hammer warhead.

Fills your hand for running shots.

 

[mtmuley]

A .243 with a good bullet and the right shooter can be a do all for North America

Maybe. I've shot one a bit since 1988. Changing bullets helps. mtmuley

 

[Nick87]

Maybe. I've shot one a bit since 1988. Changing bullets helps. mtmuley

Wouldn't be my pick just saying bullet construction and the shooter has a lot more to do with killing something than the diameter of the bullet

 

[Nick87]

Fills your hand for running shots.

 

[88man]

I had a Partition bounce of the shoulder of a boar once.
30-06, 150 yards on the run. I hit that pig 4 times and my buddy hit it twice with 7mm08 in the ass. We found the boar a mile away, bled out.
Boar weighed 350 @ the CAG&F scale @ FHL. Gutted.

I had a guy hit a bull here last year in the shoulder with a 270,350 yards,quartering to him,Partition. Never found that bull,and he went down 6 times before he hopped the fence. Guy swears he knows his rifle and has taken 3 elk with same setup.

gotcha but with those quartering shots anything can happen an at times and often the bullet regardless of construction never penetrates the chest cavity and slides along between the shoulder and the ribs. Can't blame the caliber or bullet its just what happens a percentage of the time on a quartering to you shot.

 

[Ben Lamb]

7 RUM but only if you're not from Texas.

I thought the Texas Heart Shot didn't require a minimum caliber?

 

[Otto Matic]

You’ll need an RPG for hogs though.

Huh?