405 yard cow elk with 30-06

[Guy M]

Obtained an elk depredation permit to take one cow elk. With the help of two fit young men, I managed to stalk close enough for a 405 yard shot in a stiff crosswind with my 30-06 Remington 700. Results were good, and the meals so far have been excellent. The stalk was pretty tough, several miles of rough country and towards the end a roughly 200 yard crawl to get into position.



The 178 grain Hornady ELD-X bullet broke her foreleg and penetrated through the lower part of the heart.


We de-boned that elk, put the game-bags into our three backpacks and hiked back down to the road, about a mile away.

Good hunt! The ol' 30-06 will still get the job done. Imagine that.

Regards, Guy

[Jim White]

Nice shootin' Guy. I know there are cartridges with higher velocities, that are flatter shooting, having less recoiling and harder hitting rounds than the 30-06 but the ole' gal still gets it done and IMO is probably the most versatile hunting cartridge there is.

Nice pictures and thanks for sharing your success.

[Tom Kat]

git r done!

[Guy M]

Thanks all! Glad I had a couple of strong, young fellows to help me on that hunt.

Guy

[Bill K]

Thanks for sharing the story and photo, we love that. And it is amazing in this day and age, by many that the old war horse can still take game, as it has for a long time. Most would say it just can not hold up to that chore when you could or need to use a 300 super zapper magnum.