Minimum Elk Caliber. what do you think it is.

[6mm Remington]

6mm Remington for me using great Nosler bullets like the 100 gr. Partition, 90 gr. E-tip, or 90 gr. Accubond.

 

[rjthehunter]

Is this a list of every cartridge ever constructed? My preferred cartridge is a suppressed 22 short at 10 yards right through the cornea. Works 67% of the time all of the time.

It definitely isn't every cartridge. But most of them larger than a .223 Shoutout to Chat GPT for making the list.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Have enough respect for the animal to risk scoping yourself with a rifle, common guys

 

[slatebuilder]

Personally I have no opinion on what hunters choose to use, as long as they are proficient with that tool. If a 30 cal with FMJ’s, I mean monos, works for you great. There are others who choose to use other means, rather effectively too.

I do however despise some idiotic legislation that is an attempt to compensate for poor skills on the part of hunters.

 

[Vic Colfari]

I am going with a new strategy. All big game must be taken with iron sighted express rifles, aka Safari rifles, min caliber .375 for deer, and nothing less than .470 Nitro Express for anything bigger. If the African safari hunters can do it, so can we. #halfserious

 

[2rocky]

whatever delivers a lethal and legal projectile at 2000 fps and 1500 ft lbs of energy at the distance required.

Should be pretty easy for Chat GPT to develop a list of calibers, loads and ranges that meet that threshold. Or if you find a chart that you can paste into Excel and do a pivot table. Could also use Recoil Energy and further refine it.

 

[Stretcher_Jockey]

So many variables. .243 through the boiler room will kill one quicker than a .338 through the guts.