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Old 08-21-2017, 08:20 PM
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Question 25-06 for elk?

As the title says would you use a 25-06 for elk? If so what bullet selection.
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Old 08-21-2017, 08:24 PM
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I would use it. Nosler Partition or Accubond, or Barnes TSX.
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Old 08-21-2017, 08:26 PM
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If a 130 out of a 270 Win is good enough for elk, and many believe it is, the same bullet in a 120 out of a 25-06 won't be any different.
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Old 08-21-2017, 08:28 PM
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I would use it. Nosler Partition or Accubond, or Barnes TSX.
Yep those would be good choices.
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TSX for me if I was going to use a 25/06 on elk.
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Old 08-21-2017, 08:58 PM
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I would use a partition bullet and get a freezer full. My wife harvested the largest cow our group has ever got with a 25_06 and a 100 grain partition bullet. Went about 80 yards and piled up.
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Old 08-21-2017, 08:58 PM
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Used a 115 Berger last year but it was only at 30 yards or less. I'm a Barnes fan but couldn't get them to shoot out of my 25
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I have killed elk with a 257wby, which isn't much different. A 100gr TTSX will work just fine.
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Old 08-21-2017, 09:06 PM
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Shot a few over the years with 115 noslers, , in my Weatherby Vangard 25-06
All were bang flops and max distant about 250 yd
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Old 08-21-2017, 09:17 PM
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As the title says would you use a 25-06 for elk? If so what bullet selection.
What distance will you be shooting. I don't think it would work good down south on prairie elk. It's hard getting within 300 yards of these big herds. And the wind is always blowing. You need some weight behind your bullet at 300 yards and a cross wind.

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What distance will you be shooting.
Absolute max would be 250 yards

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Old 08-21-2017, 09:36 PM
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With a premium bullet, I would have no hesitation using a 25-06 on elk at that range, TSX, Partition, GMX etc ..... whichever gave the best accuracy.
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With a premium bullet, I would have no hesitation using a 25-06 on elk at that range, TSX, Partition, GMX etc ..... whichever gave the best accuracy.
You know what it's like trying to get a accurate distance out here on the prairie. A key point shooting that distance.
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i shoot 115gr bergers out of mine and wouldn't hesitate to shoot any elk out there up to 400 yards or so
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Get some 115 grain partitions and get at them. Chose your shot well and post pics!
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I would use it. Nosler Partition or Accubond, or Barnes TSX.

I would never buy a 25-06 to hunt elk, but if it was the only rifle I had, I'd use it. And I'd go with Ken's ammo selections. If I planned to have elk on the menu every year I'd probably get something a bit bigger. Just my point of view. Not saying anyone is wrong or unwise using anything else that is legal.
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I would never buy a 25-06 to hunt elk, but if it was the only rifle I had, I'd use it. And I'd go with Ken's ammo selections. If I planned to have elk on the menu every year I'd probably get something a bit bigger. Just my point of view. Not saying anyone is wrong or unwise using anything else that is legal.
I do like a 338 for elk but a 25-06 does work as all the posters above have stated.
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Old 08-22-2017, 05:03 PM
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Get some 115 grain partitions and get at them. Chose your shot well and post pics!
Works on bull moose so it will work on an elk....
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Old 08-22-2017, 05:56 PM
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Get a .30 caliber rifle. The small bullet is not good.
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Old 08-22-2017, 06:04 PM
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I can say with all certainty that a .257", 100 grain Nosler Partition, leaving the muzzle at 3440fps, will do just fine on bull elk, while entering the chest between ribs, smashing the lungs and aeorta, and then still blow clean through the offside shoulder at 255yds.

Providing there isn't some sort of HMI issue going on.

It's all about the HMI, dontchya know.
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I can say with all certainty that a .257", 100 grain Nosler Partition, leaving the muzzle at 3440fps, will do just fine on bull elk, while entering the chest between ribs, smashing the lungs and aeorta, and then still blow clean through the offside shoulder at 255yds.

Providing there isn't some sort of HMI issue going on.

It's all about the HMI, dontchya know.
I gotta ask. What's HMI?
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I would never buy a 25-06 to hunt elk, but if it was the only rifle I had, I'd use it. And I'd go with Ken's ammo selections. If I planned to have elk on the menu every year I'd probably get something a bit bigger. Just my point of view. Not saying anyone is wrong or unwise using anything else that is legal.
Ya like a bow...the 25-06 is adequate, we seem to drive ourself on myths of animals deflecting or absorbing the impact of a bullet...hogwash...arrows go through and so will a well constructed and placed bullet.
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Old 08-22-2017, 06:18 PM
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Back in 2015 I spotted a very nice bull elk on Sugarloaf in 402. While working my way up to the area I'd last spotted him, I heard a rifle shot. About 200 yds up to the meadow he'd been feeding on, he was down.

Two gentlemen in a blind hunting mule deer took him with, you guessed it, a 25-06. Wasn't their intention but had a tag. The bull didn't make it 10 yards after the 125 yard shot, which was perfectly placed.

Wouldn't be my first choice for elk, but I've seen it in action, and it works.
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Ya like a bow...the 25-06 is adequate, we seem to drive ourself on myths of animals deflecting or absorbing the impact of a bullet...hogwash...arrows go through and so will a well constructed and placed bullet.
yes....but I like my chances more so with a rifle over a bow.
Not sure that comparison is fair.
Not much choice when it comes to archery...other than broadhead gr. and maybe pulling a bunch of pounds on the ol string.
Is 25-06 adequate? Yes..... but a 338 is more adequate.
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Old 08-22-2017, 07:43 PM
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That would not be my choice for elk for sure. But it will kill one at 250 yds and more than that.
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yes....but I like my chances more so with a rifle over a bow.
Not sure that comparison is fair.
Not much choice when it comes to archery...other than broadhead gr. and maybe pulling a bunch of pounds on the ol string.
Is 25-06 adequate? Yes..... but a 338 is more adequate.
Hmmmm now it would come down to the shooter...an there is the problem...all will kill in the hands of confidence.
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Old 08-23-2017, 07:35 AM
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Everyone knows you need a 500 nitro express to kill an elk. What's a 25-06?
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