goos blues,

I can empathize, been there, seen that....

The last time we had essentially the same thing happen, my two boys were18 (twins). They moved up to 338WinMags the following year (about 155 pounds at that point & wirey) and they haven't looked back. Since they latched onto both of my 338's (sibling rivalry), Ifaced the choice of moving up or down, andsince I sure didn't need yet another 338,so I moved over to a 375 H&H I had and I must say I do find it's resultsheart warming.

That same year, our elk hunting group decided we had seen enough (it wasn't the first time) and we set a camp minimum of 30-06 or equivalent. I don't care what anyone says, the overall harvesting results havejust been LOTS better since we established some decent minimums....

Good luck on your next elk hunt and choice of weapon for same.