c.latrans
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As we seem to be in the theoretical here, Kachok has it right. Any good 180 out of that .30-06 is elk medicine. Look at it this way. I live where I can buy an elk tag over the counter every year, some years we can also apply for an extra cow tag or two. We have 5 weeks to hunt them and have access to places that not everybody in the world gets to hunt. That being said, I have no qualms about having a .270 in my hands as I can afford to be a little choosy at times. If I were saving for a big trip out west to shoot my first elk, and had a .30-06, I would use it. But if all I had was a .270, I would not feel under gunned in most cases.....but I would use premium 150 grain bullets. My daughter, though, has a model 70 that will under no circumstances shoot 150 grain bullets. She shoots her elk with 130 grain partitions, and if she hits nothing but ribs, we usually don't find the bullet. At the same time, I had to finish one cow for her that she punched through the shoulders. I am sure the elk would have laid down and died....after she ran to the bottom of the coulee....but a quick coup de grace saved HOURS of packing.