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<blockquote data-quote="TNlandowner" data-source="post: 911075" data-attributes="member: 3026"><p>CZ284: well spoken about the thrill of archery success. </p><p></p><p>I was stationed in CO for 9 years: took 8 elk while there (can only take one a year). I harvested 6 with rifle and 2 with bow. I blew away the state odds / statistics by taking elk every year from public lands, but that wasn't so important. I'll never forget the challenge or reward from the 2 successful bow hunts! One cow fell from a double lung shot at 12 yards and a 302" 6x6 fell from well placed heart shot at 21 yards! AWESOME, AND MY ARM HAIR STILL STANDS UP WHEN I THINK ABOUT THOSE HUNTS!</p><p></p><p>As for the firearm caliber / weapon choice question: I took 3 elk with a 270, 3 elk a 300 weatherby. All were shot from 15 to 200 yards! I also remember a newspaper article about a young 12 year old boy who took his first elk, a 5x5 rag horn. His father checked him out of school for his first hunt. The little fella had one hell of a hunt as he shot his first elk with his grandpa's old 30-30 rifle and 150 grain soft point bullet! indeed, don't think 500 yards, think about closing the distance and putting the round thru the heart & lungs!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TNlandowner, post: 911075, member: 3026"] CZ284: well spoken about the thrill of archery success. I was stationed in CO for 9 years: took 8 elk while there (can only take one a year). I harvested 6 with rifle and 2 with bow. I blew away the state odds / statistics by taking elk every year from public lands, but that wasn't so important. I'll never forget the challenge or reward from the 2 successful bow hunts! One cow fell from a double lung shot at 12 yards and a 302" 6x6 fell from well placed heart shot at 21 yards! AWESOME, AND MY ARM HAIR STILL STANDS UP WHEN I THINK ABOUT THOSE HUNTS! As for the firearm caliber / weapon choice question: I took 3 elk with a 270, 3 elk a 300 weatherby. All were shot from 15 to 200 yards! I also remember a newspaper article about a young 12 year old boy who took his first elk, a 5x5 rag horn. His father checked him out of school for his first hunt. The little fella had one hell of a hunt as he shot his first elk with his grandpa's old 30-30 rifle and 150 grain soft point bullet! indeed, don't think 500 yards, think about closing the distance and putting the round thru the heart & lungs! [/QUOTE]
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