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one old geezer that taught me to hunt , back in the early 1970s,,
used a 257 Roberts in a pre 1964 Winchester, for decades,
he used to constantly joke about my 340 wby,
and how I used to have to carry several extra pounds of rifle ,
when his Winchester was all that was needed.
he killed more than his share of deer and occasionally an elk.
I helped him drag or pack out several, over several decades.
on one occasion we were sitting on the edge of a clear-cut,
that had started to re-grow and there were lots of 3-5 foot tree-lings,
over several acres, a legal elk slowly entered the area we watched over,
the old geezer only had a deer licence that year,
so I was sitting with my bi-pod on a large fallen log,
with the cross hairs on the area high but just over the the heart,
behind his shoulder, when it became obvious he was the only legal bull ,
I estimated the range at about 170 yards
I fired, the elk dropped like a demolition on an older building.
the older guy looked at me and said...
..damn , that was impressive
..I've never seen any elk convinced so fast that he was dead before.
most elk I shoot want to consider the matter ,
think it over ...... maybe cover 40-50 yards.!
then conclude I was right!
kid that was impressive!
" that made my day "