Wolf killer I wish I had your luck with my dad. He has kill a lot of deer and some elk with a 7 mag and a 06, but he always buys the cheapest ammo he can find. I told him I would reload for him, and he wanted to know what were the cheapest bullets were in price. I told him that in the money he would save in reloading he could afford to shoot a premium bullet such as a nosler partition. But does he listen to me, heck no,[:@] instead he goes out and tries to find remington corelocks to reload with. Luckily for me he couldn't find any to reload and instead bought the cheapest hornaday. Anyway I agree with the caliber decision, I know that a lot of elk have been killed by the 30-30 and the 30-06 combined, but like your father a person needs to wait for the right angle/perfect shot. A hunter also needs to be willing to pass on a shot opprotunity if all is not just right, and thats not easy to do in the heat of the moment with a trophy animal such as elk. If I am going to do that I will just use my bow. With the few times that I do rifle hunt I want someting that will reach out and clobber them off their feet. But I do not judge or have no problems if someone wants to use a lesser caliber, after all my favorite wepon of all is nothing but a stick and a string in its primitive form.