RE: 30/30 For Elk
my first two elk were killed with a 25-35 that is even smaller yet!! andI was a green horn of 12 years .....but my dad had hammered it into me on how far to shoot or not shoot!! both shots were around 150 yds the clearingI was in was only about 200 yds across the cowI got the first year went down fairly quick ..that little 117 grn .25 bullet hit a rib and broke it sending splinters of bone into the heart!! the spikeI got the next year the bullet hit the off side rib and just bounced around in the heart and lungs and he did't make it across the clearing!!! when I was 14I had a job and bought my first big rifle a win mod 70 in 30-06 I hated that gun.. I expected the rifle to do all the work for me and in doing so punched alot of holes in the air ,trees and any other inanimant object that wasn't the gameI was shooting at!!!!!