RE: 30-06 with premium bullets...where does it run out of energy for elk???
 

Guys thanks for the info....I'm not a guy that is going to spray lead at every elk I can see through my scope.....What our descussion was would you take a 300-350 yard shoulder shot on a bull with an "06".
My father uses an 30-06 & didn't think it would be a shot he would take....But I think its plenty of gun for the job.....(I shoot the 300 win myself)

RE: 30-06 with premium bullets...where does it run out of energy for elk???
 

I would recommend listening to your father. He's likely had plenty of experience and knows that a shot on the far margins of killing range is just that, a marginal shot. Your probability of a clean kill at farther than 300 yards certainly for .30-06 and goes down more than proportionally to the increase in distance. The many factors of bullet accuracy and reduced force to do the damage it needs to become more pronounce at those distances. Better to work to get a closer shot you have confidence in making it count than to risk wounding an animal you may or may not be able to find/stop.