ORIGINAL: zrexpilot
We dont have elk in Texas but I have seen some on a game ranch up close and personal, theyre not as big or tough as some of you claim.I'll bet money I could punch my .243 right clean through one every time, I bet the hogs I shoot are far tougher too penetrate than a thin skinned elk. I would do it in a heartbeat without even thinking about it and have no problems taking one cleanlywith a .243
A broadside shot through the boiler room and it's lights out. I saw some little girl on TV shoot some exotic cow looking thing (2000 lbs) with a .243 and she dropped it in its tracks with one shot to the boiler room.
ZREX you are probably right. When you see animals at petting zoos they are pretty weak, BUT take an animal that is truely wild and relies on survival of the fittest and that 243 will be undermatched. You wouldn't bring a knife (or a pick) to a gunfight would you????? Well after reading your posts, maybe you would.