What caliber for elk and caribou?

[DrunkSkunk]

What round is preferred by you guys to take elk and caribou?

Anyone have experience with 375 H&H?

[Timberwolf]

What round is preferred by you guys to take elk and caribou?

Anyone have experience with 375 H&H?

DOn't know about caribou but a 375 H&H is not needed for Elk. A 30-06 with 180 gn soft points will do just fine.

[hybridatsun350]

What round is preferred by you guys to take elk and caribou?

What kind of rifles do you own? I would say any long action 7mm, or .30 caliber cartridge could get the job done. It's all about shot placement!

DOn't know about caribou but a 375 H&H is not needed for Elk. A 30-06 with 180 gn soft points will do just fine.

+1 -Sounds like it would get the job done just fine!

[DrunkSkunk]

Well I was thinking about 7mm but anything under 8mm I think is for varmint shooting, and I think 7mm is on the iffy side for large elk, wouldn't be that effective for caribou I would think either. 30 cal might be ok for under 100 yards but I want to be about 300yds out.

I want it for elk, caribou, hogs... bears ....

I was even thinking about a 45-70 but not sure.

So far I'm thinking 375 H&H and for my pistol I'll throw 12" 50beowulf onto my AR pistol.

[PatriotnMore]

I agree with both poster above. Again I'll be in CO. for third Elk, and I use 30-06 180 gn for all Large N. American game. It will do the job just fine, and as has been mentioned above, shot placement is King!

[Fjold]

I own a 375 H&H and I've hunted elk so I have some experience there also.

I've taken two elk with a 308 loaded with 165 grain bullets, one using a 30.06 with a 180 grain bullet and two with a 54 caliber muzzleloader using 430 grain minis, all with one shot.

JMHO, The 375 H&H is not necessary for Elk and Caribou. Anything from the 308 up through the small bore (7, 30, 338) magnums is more than enough gun.

[Pronghorn]

.338 Win [/thread]

[308fan]

Yup, the 338 WM is very versatile round. It can be loaded up and down. You cant go wrong with that one.

[Gunaria]

.300 Wetherby Mag

[Vigilante]

Well I was thinking about 7mm but anything under 8mm I think is for varmint shooting, and I think 7mm is on the iffy side for large elk, wouldn't be that effective for caribou I would think either. 30 cal might be ok for under 100 yards but I want to be about 300yds out.

What makes you think that? 7mm mag would be pretty much perfect for what you want to do. Even 7mm-08 would do you well. I definitely would not be considering .375 H&H, unless you are just going for the cool factor.

[Cypriss32]

30-06 with 180gr Barnes TSX, or if you reload 200gr TSX and a warm load of Rl22.

[DrunkSkunk]

Factory ammo guys, I don't reload.

[Moonclip]

What round is preferred by you guys to take elk and caribou?

Anyone have experience with 375 H&H?

In Brokeback Mountain a .30-30 sufficed! Really though is'nt a properly loaded .30-06 good enough for anything in the contenental US except for maybe bison?

[Sydwaiz]

.300 Wetherby Mag

Exactly what I was going to say!

Ol Roy loved his .257 Weatherby too!

6.5x55 Swede has been known to be very effective too.

But I agree, 30-06 or similiar should do just fine for any N. American game.

[ivanimal]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30-378_Weatherby_Magnum