Elk success in Alberta

BattleRiver · Sep 28, 2005

I took this mature 5x5 bull on a friends ranch. He was with 10 cows in a fringe forest area. As this is an open 3 pt area that has a 1 month archery and 2.5 month rifle season. few bulls make it to this size. After spotting him the night before, I set up on an unharvested grain field and took him at 425 yds with a 270 Win 130 gr Speer Grand Slams Rifle is an FN browing Leupold 2-7
After taking care of him, a Case MX110 was used in retrieval, I drove the 140 miles home and harvested grain and hay all week.

kirkl · Sep 28, 2005

LAST EDITED ON Sep-28-05 AT 02:03PM (MST)[p]Dandy bull and caliber, and you know your not supposed to be shooting thos things with a 270 dont ya, especially at 425 yards, your lucky he didnt try and come get ya. LOL

dutch · Sep 28, 2005

That's a pretty good shot there, congrats and thanks for sharing.
dutch
" Man who excels at putting worm on hook is Master Baiter"

NDBadlandsbucks · Sep 28, 2005

Nice bull, Great shot, I thought that was a long shot for a 270 but that bull looks pretty dead, so I guess it worked. Congrats

Keep the Sun at Your Back and the Wind in Your Face

BattleRiver · Sep 28, 2005

While I do believe that I would have had a quicker kill with my 300 Win pre 64 M70, There is still the fact that you have to hit them to kill them, having the extra confidence in the unit, makes a lot of difference. That said, I will not hesitate to use the 270 on any subsequent hunt. BTW I gave the bull 8" of daylight over his back, which means 15" of drop which ended up being the correct holdover in this case.