But there aren't a lot of shooting benches stationed out there in the forest with a deer or elk downrange — I've been looking for 30 years, I am still looking. I seem to end up wrapped around a tree or lying on a pile of rocks when I shoot an elk. Your pack laid on the ground makes a good rest. Shooting sticks are good tools, too. But the key is to practice. Practice all four shooting positions, but concentrate on kneeling, sitting, and prone.
Very few people can shoot accurately from standing position. Find out what is comfortable for you. Prone position with a solid rest is a must for long-range shooting.
Shooting sticks help stabilize the rifle in kneeling and sitting position. I like to practice with a scope on my bolt action. If you are coming from a lower altitude and are going to hunt at altitudes of 9, feet or more there is less drag on your bullet due to the thinner air.
It will change your zero point slightly. Try to check it before you hunt if you can. The drop on any shot is less if it is an uphill or downhill shot, there is less gravitational pull for the distance. It is much more difficult to judge yardage on a cross canyon shot. Never shoot at a sky lined animal. Elk will often run off even when well hit. An elk is a large animal and may travel several hundred yards, even with a perfect shot placement.
Visually mark the place where the animal was standing then look around the area for signs of blood or hair. Only after you are sure you have missed the animal should you continue your hunt. Once you have harvested an animal, Colorado Law requires you validate your tag at the site of the harvest. Before you begin to field dress, take pictures or any other action: Detach your carcass tag from the license, sign and date it, mark the sex of the animal harvested with a pen.
You must attach the tag to a major portion of the carcass with evidence of sex attached to the portion before you transport the carcass. Many white tail hunters will leave the skin on their animals for days to let it age. An elk is a thick-skinned animal wearing its winter coat, so you need to get the skin off as soon as you reasonably can.
Place your meat in game bags that breathe so it can cool while keeping the flies off. If you have to pack your animal out you will have to quarter it at least. Many Colorado hunters will bone out the animal and just take out the meat. There is a new technique called the gutless method that saves a lot of time and energy.
The skin and skeletal portion of an elk weigh around two hundred pounds and more, that is a lot of unnecessary weight to pack at high altitude. Tom does a great job explaining some great tips on properly preparing your elk for consumption.
The better you prepare for your hunt, the more enjoyable it will be. Enjoy your hunting experience in Colorado. It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Things To Do Boating. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Learn Lesson 9. Lesson 9. Maps Publications. Page Image. Page Content. If a cartridge is not listed it does not mean it is no good. Look for a cartridge with similar ballistics. If you find one, then the cartridge in question is also probably adequate.
Cartridges primarily intended for shooting deer and black bear Class 2 class game at woods ranges that are also adequate for elk at relatively short range at least yards. These cartridges are at the low end of the power scale as elk cartridges, due to their limited down range energy. Their advantage is that most hunters can shoot them more accurately than the more powerful elk cartridges.
Included in this group are the 7x57mm,. These are more powerful than the cartridges in the first category. Most are excellent all-around cartridges and adequate for shooting elk at medium range at least yards. Many hunters find the muzzle blast and recoil of these cartridges intimidating, particularly when shooting the heavier weight bullets properly used for elk, but few will admit it.
This category includes such stalwarts as the. Ideal elk cartridges. These are good cartridges to consider if you are buying a rifle specifically for elk hunting and don't mind substantial recoil and muzzle blast. Their principle drawback is that most shooters do mind the recoil and muzzle blast, particularly of the magnums, and simply cannot do their best shooting with these cartridges.
For long range elk shooting out to yards the list is basically limited to cartridges such as the. At short to medium range, the list expands to include medium and big bore cartridges such as the. Bullet placement is the most important factor in killing power. Memorize that sentence! I suspect that is why we hear such divergent views about many of the cartridges commonly used for elk hunting. Some hunters report that the.
Jeffbro Newbie Posts: 2. Have a fall hunt in Colorado and was wondering what grain bullet is recommended by some experienced hunters. I use Hornady SST at g for deer in my. I'd actually be more concerned with type of bullet, as opposed to what grain. Anything over is plenty enough for elk. But I would think nosler partitions or accubonds. Barnes ttsx. Swift a frames. If your a hornady fan, I've killed a few with interbonds and always had great results.
No experience with the Sst, but I think it was designed for deer. Good luck! I like the Swift Scirocco in my I'd work with that or the Big Country Raghorn Posts: Great question, I have been considering giving up my. Think the cartridge is plenty to put an elk on the ground.
Interested to see what other people think. JP7 Newbie Posts: 3. While the. Provided the hunter can deal with the extra recoil that comes along with the. Using the same. This results in a flatter trajectory, more resistance to wind drift, and more retained energy at a longer range. Add it all up and you have an extremely versatile and effective cartridge. Not surprisingly, the. Since it first hit shelves in the late s, the. The cartridge hits really hard at typical hunting ranges while at the same time offering a great mix of a reasonably flat trajectory and manageable recoil for many hunters anyway.
The cartridge shoots. The gr and gr bullets commonly used by elk hunters in the cartridge also have a high sectional density, which helps with penetration.
So, those larger diameter bullets hit like a sledgehammer and penetrate well, both of which are ideal characteristics when dealing with less than ideal shot angles on elk. As long as you can shoot it accurately, the. Those same characteristics make the. In the unlikely event that you need to defend yourself from a bear on your elk hunt, then you can take some comfort in knowing that the.
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