Rzrbck918
Well-known member
mtmuley should have something to say about this...
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Not a .338, but many with the .300 RUM and it's not too much. I've killed cow elk with a 12 gauge shotgun. It wasn't too much either. mtmuleyI bet Mtmuley has shot one with .338RUM.
Agree with all above but regarding wasted meat it's more about where you hit them that what you hit them with. I've never wasted meat with a double lung shot and my trusty old .30-06 always dropped them fast and hard. More than "enough gun" for sure, with 150, 165, or 180 grain Nosler Partitions. This year I'll be hunting buck pronghorn with a 7mm-08 and 120 gr. Barnes Vor-Tex TTSX, for the first time. The combination quickly dropped a fine Shiras bull moose last fall and I'm confident it will work well on pronghorn.
Use your .308 with the most accurate cartridge. Make a double lung shot and you'll waste no meat. (No need to buy a new rifle like I did).
View attachment 112718
I have one rifle- a Ruger American in .308. Barrel is 1:10 twist rate, and the 168gr copper solids group really well.
I tried some 150gr, but they didn't group nearly as well, and I'm pretty leery of trying lighter rounds because of it.
So- I have two tags to fill. Will the round I have be overkill, and waste too much meat? Or should I not worry about it, and just go hunt?
^^^^^This is VERY important. Getting those jokers on ice ASAP. I have taken 3 pronghorn, all with my '06 shooting 180gr TBTs. That is what I have the rifle zero'd with and that is the remedy every animal gets.I'd more worried about having a sharp knife and some ice in the cooler...........
^^^^^This is VERY important. Getting those jokers on ice ASAP. I have taken 3 pronghorn, all with my '06 shooting 180gr TBTs. That is what I have the rifle zero'd with and that is the remedy every animal gets.
Slug?Not a .338, but many with the .300 RUM and it's not too much. I've killed cow elk with a 12 gauge shotgun. It wasn't too much either. mtmuley
Yep. Weapons restriction on a Montana B tag. On my property. They like to eat my trees. I like to eat elk. Recovered both slugs. They do the job nicely. Kinda derailing here, sorry op. I used an 870 pump. No rifling. 50 yards is absolute max. mtmuleySlug?