What's your Elk and Deer setup?

[OregonSportsman]

Hey everyone! I am just curious so see what ya'll are using for Elk and Deer, rifle wise. I am currenty using a Husqvarna 30/06 for both. It was my grandfather's gun that he left to me, and has done nothing but kill animals, it's a great shooter.

[Big TULE]

knight bighorn. 50 cal muzzle loader. deadly

[BrianMaguire]

people still use rifles for Elk? Go with a bow and you will never go back. When I did hunt with a rifle it was a Rem 700 BDL 30-06. Usually 150 grain or 180 gr bullets all topped off with a Leupold VariX-III 2.5X9 40MM.

[ 03-09-2004, 10:46 PM: Message edited by: BrianMaguire ]

Elk: Mauser 338-06
Deer: Whatever I happen to grab up at the time

[ 03-09-2004, 10:56 PM: Message edited by: Keta ]

[buckleydux]

Elk: 54 cal. Knight Inline Muzzeloader
Deer: Ruger M77 7mm Rem Mag. 3-9x50mm Leupold.
(The Husqvarna is a rock-solid rifle, no frills, just comes out of the closet once a year and does what is asked, stick with the 30-06, learn its limitations, handload for accuracy, scope it properly, and most important shoot it alot. That is my opinion

[ 03-10-2004, 12:01 AM: Message edited by: buckleydux ]

[k9jeff]

Deer- Ruger M-77.270 tack driver

Elk- Savage .300wim mag I carry this a lot and shoot it very little. One day I will figure the elk thing out a little better.

[Freighter Bait]

Savage 300WSM, last 2 seasons, and made first kill last season with a little whitetail buck. The 25 years prior to that a Remington 700 30-06. It never let me down and my son has used it the last 2 years. I began reloading a couple years ago, and having fun developing loads for both.

[sturgn]

Remington model 700SS in .270 Killed Elk, Deer, Moose and Antelope with it.

[Norski]

Deer---------------Rem--.270--3600. 2.5X14X40
Elk----------------Win--.300--WSM-70 6X18X50

[SeanD]

Elk:
remington model 700 bdl 35 whelen, leupold 2-7x33 scope and nosler partition 225 grain loads

Deer and backup for Elk:
springfield 1903A3 sporter 30-06, leupold 3-9x40 scope and nosler partition 150 grain or barnes TSX 150 grain loads

[Jeremy]

Savage 30-06 scope-combo-bimart-special for both, although it hasnt been deadly yet i think this is the year (2nd year trying)

[OregonSportsman]

Buckleydux,
You're right on, the Husqvarna is a rock solid rifle. My dad reloads ammo for both my 30/06 and his 7MM Mag. 180 gain with Nosler Partitions.

[Mello-Yello]

Mathews Q2XL @ 70#s
Beman arrows
Thunderhead 100's
Golden Premier Arrow Rest
Spott-Hogg Hogg-It sights (20-60yds)
Spott-Hogg cable adjusters
8" Doinker stabilizer
Steiner 8x42 Predator binos
Bushnell laser rangefinder

:grin:

M-Y

[Tvfowlhunter]

For Deer,Bear,and Elk I shoot a Browning Abolt medallion 300 Wsm, with a synethic stock ,and a stanless barrel, with no boss. I shoot a 180grain failsafe bullet. This setup cost a bunch,but Browning is the best there is! I love it.

Besides that i also use a Martin Pro series Jaguar Bow. it's got a tropy taker arrow rest ,and a montanta black gold site. it a great combo for the price that i got it for.

[ 03-10-2004, 02:07 PM: Message edited by: Trent Vanzant ]

[Wreckless]

I understand the "draw" (clever huh) of archery, but who wants to be in the woods fighting yellow jackets when there are 10,000+ chinook, 5000 Steelhead, and who knows how many coho, a day, going over bonnille that time of year

Elk - 50 cal Knight mk 85
Deer - Pre '64 m70 300 H & H or the same Model in '06 featherweight, when I get tired of luggin' the 300.

[OregonSportsman]

These all sound like great setups

[Hoosier Daddy]

Originally posted by Wreckless:
I understand the "draw" (clever huh) of archery, but who wants to be in the woods fighting yellow jackets when there are 10,000+ chinook, 5000 Steelhead, and who knows how many coho, a day, going over bonnille that time of year

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helv">ME ME ME....

[Fish Hawg]

This is my Elk and Bear gun, a Remington sendero sf 300 ultra mag with a 4.5-14x50 leupold scope.



Here is one of my deer guns it is my Remington model seven chambered in a 7mm08, with 120gr nosler ballistic tip with a leupold 3-9x40 scope. I use this when most of my shots will be under 250 yards.



This is my other Deer gun it is a Remington 700 with a Douglas supreme barrel. Chambered in a 280, with 140gr nosler ballistic tips. It has a 3.5-10 x 40 leupold scope. I use this gun when I hunt more open ground.



And this is my Deer/Elk gun when I hunt the battleground unit. It is a Thompson Omega .50 cal that I load 150grs of pyrodex pellets and a 250gr hornady sst sabot.

[BrianMaguire]

Originally posted by Wreckless:
who wants to be in the woods fighting .. when there are 10,000+ chinook, 5000 Steelhead, and who knows how many coho, a day, going over bonnille that time of year

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helv">Who wants to sit in the hot sun all day to catch fish when you can be 60 yards from a Bull that is ****ed off enough to want to kill you and is bugling up a storm. Hey I can catch fish in the late fall, winter, spring, and summer but Only in Sept. can you get a bull enraged enough to charge you.

[DAB]

Winchester MDL 70 pre 64 .264 win mag. Shooting 140gr nozler part. Hand loads. Don't elk hunt anymore just hunt mule deer.
DAB

[blacktail]

Deer = Dakota 7mm-08 w/ Swarovski 3x9 scope - going to try some handloaded 140 grain Nosler Accubonds this year

Elk = Ruger (old style with tang safety) in .338 mag w/ Bushnell 3x9 scope - 250 grain handloads

Mike

[Big TULE]

Fish Hawg, it is my understanding that we can not shoot those sst in washington. I had my muzzle loader checked by a gamie this year and he blew my sabbot out. I use the 310 grain knight sabbot, no problem there but i asked him if i could use the bullets that look like balistic tips and he said nope 100% lead only.

[Backlash2]

Browning syn./stainless A-bolt w/boss in .300 Win. Mag with a Leupold Var-X III 4.5-14x50.

Elk, deer, coyotes, they all have a sweet spot that you need to hit. This gun consistently finds it, even when the shooter tries to screw it up!!

[ 03-11-2004, 08:36 AM: Message edited by: Backlash2 ]

[Fish Hawg]

Big TULE, I talked to several game officers in Vancouver, and Olympia before I bought my Omega. They said I can use what ever bullets, powder, and primers I want in the battle ground unit (or any firearm restricted unit)I can also put a scope on it. If I have a modern firearm license, I can only hunt the battle ground unit during modern firearm season. They also said it makes no difference because I could also use my 12ga loaded with 5 copper plated slugs. The bad thing About the Omega is I can’t hunt muzzle loader season with it. It does not meet the regulations.

I do have the one of the captians name wrote down somw where......Ross

[Wreckless]

OK ya got me [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img] I fold.....I do have to experience an enraged bull elk someday. THAT sounds incredible!!

[Don Becker]

ELK: Centerfire, .308 Norma Magnum (custom made)
Smokepole, .50 cal CVA Mountain Rifle

DEER: Centerfire, 7mm.06 (custom made)
Smokepole, .45 cal CVA Kentucky

[Mello-Yello]

Wreckless, you do make a good point, and there's been many times I've thought the same thing. Usually while starting an 11:00am stalk on a bedded Mule Deer. It's 87 deg. and warming and the tallest thing growing is sage that's thigh-high. No wait. It's a couple hours later when I've failed my stalk due to some bonehead move on my part and I find myself miles from camp and it's 97 deg. and I just took my last swig of water ( I carry a minimum of 2 qts always).



M-Y

[ICHTHYDEMON]

Deer - Winchester M70 Featherweight .270Win ,Leupold 2-7x33 scope with 130gr Ballistic tips.

Elk - Ruger M77 MarkII .338Win.,Nikon 3-9x40 scope with 225gr Core-Lokts.

Deer and Elk - Winchester M70 Ultimate Shadow .300WSM, Leupold 3-9x40 scope with 180gr Partitions.

[Big TULE]

FH you are right... Sorry man was not trying to bust on ya... I hunt muzzle loader only now. I got tired of seeing 30-40 elk in a season. now we see 30-40 a day. Plus we have a longer season. And i can shoot a deer at the same time.

[KingFisher85]

Deer-Elk,
Ruger M77 Stainless Steal 308win, Leupold 3-9x40
Browning BAR 338win mag with Leupold 3-9x50
Winchester 1300 12ga fully rifled slug gun
And, when I hunt a few apple trees I know of, my Thompson Contender 35rem pistol with a Redfield 2-7 scope.

[Drakeblake]

winchester 308 Remington 760 pump with a Simmons 3 by 12. But can I hit the broad side of a barn? NO [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

-blake

[The Overfishin Condition]

Model 760 .270 with Bushnell 3x9 3200 elite series scope. Have that rifles daddy (30.06) that I use occasionally. I also hunt with a CVA .50 Muzzleloader. Not the most expensive or most beautiful set up, but the deer and elk are still lying on the ground when it's over.

[Silver Eagle]

Elk Ridge Runner Bow/or a 338 BAR
Deer Remington 742 30/06 or Nike tenni shoes and tag..............and knife........

[Fish Hawg]

It's not your fault. I should have said Firearm restricted area.....Ross

[FrogPond]

DEER: Remington 700BDL chambered in .240
ELK/BEAR: Weatherby Vanguard Chambered in .300 WBY Mag

I don't reload my own rounds, so I stick with the Winchester ballistic tips for deer and Federal Premiums for ELK.

Does anyone have solid reasons why I should try other ammo? I started shoothing these and liked them, but I would be willing to try some others if there is better out there. I have tried Hornaday rounds for the 270. I liked them too, but I have not shot that many to form a solid opinion. Thanks!

[gottafish]

im a tree hugger [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

[BrotherWolf]

Deer and Elk

300 savage Model 99 lever action
150 grain bullets for deer and 165-180 grain bullets for elk

[ 03-12-2004, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: BrotherWolf ]

[Water Ready]

Tree hugger huntn'? :shocked: OOOOHHH, I get it! [img]graemlins/idea.gif[/img]
Not me I like distance and bullet placement.
Used to use a 257 Roberts, that my dad gave me when I was 9. Shot my first buck that year with it. A really nice 4 point. I use a 260 for deer now. I don't hunt deer much anymore cause there is none left with all the Doe hunts they've had. :depressed:
For Elk, I hunt with Norma. Best rifle I have ever hunted with. 308 Norma Mag. Love to get out there and stretch her legs at about 500 yds. She's done well with the Bulls.
Happy Huntn'
So there ya Go!

[Fish Hawg]

Big Tule, What powder do you use in yours :whazzup:

I seen a guy on tv shoot a whitetail at 220 yards with the same setup I listed. The buck did not take a step. He said he was shooting 0.8" groups @100 yards with a scope [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

[ 03-15-2004, 05:26 PM: Message edited by: Fish Hawg ]

[Bait Bucket]

I bought a new pre-64 Mod 70 in 30.06 cal I think in 1962. Maybe it was 1961. I still use it today. I have killed elk, deer, antelope, and all kinds of smaller critters with it. At my age I doubt that I will change guns.

[Big TULE]

i use pyrodex, i have found the best load to shoot out of my knight bighorn is 110 grains pushing a 310 grain bullet. It is deadly acurate for me to 150-175 yards. i say that because that is what i am comfortable shooting. I shot a 4x4 in coweeman this year 140 yards neck shot, it fell where it stood. well actually it slid down hill about 30 yards. I love my muzzle loader. we would see 30 elk in the rifle season if we were lucky. during muzzle loader we saw 40-50 a day. with less than half the people. I will never rifle hunt for elk again. Well in WA anyways.

[tag-a-long]

Winchester Model 70 7mm Mag. With a tasco world class plus 3.5-10X50. Deer and elk both. And the occasional bear.

[Maverick Maxcat]

Old style Ruger M-77 w/ tang saftey in .270 Winchester, Brown Precision stock, Leupold 2.5x8, Fail Safe 140's in handloads. Good past 500 yards on everything if the wind's not blowing....also quick and points well in the brush!

[billc_sbio]

Deer-Ruger M77 (old model) .270 Win, 2-7x Leupold

Elk-Rem 700BDL SS .338 Win, 2-1/2-8X Leupold

M.L. Custom built .58 Cal Sharon-Hawken Flintlock or .50 Cal Sharon-Hawken Caplock.

[Crayfin]

I only hunt deer with a rifle in Idaho and lately I have been using a Browning A-Bolt 300WSM topped with a B&L 3200 Elite 3x9. Awesome flat shootin cartridge. Take that back--I hunt blacktails too when I can draw the bonus tag.

I have killed a ton of deer with my Remington .270 topped with a 3.5x10 Leupold though. Tawni also used it to lay the smack down on her first elk a couple of years ago.

I also bought a .260 from Fishin Magician and am wanting to slay something with it as well :grin:

Crayfin

[sunshinefisherman]

For me, choice of gun has more to do with where I am hunting than the species.

I have a Winchester 30-06 SS classic with a Leupold 4.5-14 X 40 mm that is good for open areas where shots over 100 yards are likely.

I also have a Marlin 45-70 guide gun with a ghost ring and Hi Viz fiber optic sight. I missed a couple of opportunities with the 30-06 because I took too long finding the critter in the scope. The Marlin is very quick on target and is plenty accurate out to 100 yards. Handloads can push a 325 grain hollow point at over 2000 fps.
Either one of these guns can be loaded for either elk or deer.

I also use the 30-06 with Hornady V-Max 105 gr ballistic tips at 3300 fps for varmints. Turns most small critters into a <font color="red"> red mist </font> and will turn a coyote inside out. I need to resight when I transition to and from this load.

I am going for southwest black bear next month and I will use the 30-06 with 180 grain bonded bear claw (Same for last years elk)

[StickFish]

Eastern Deer and Pronghorn

Weatherby Accumark 7mm STW with a Weaver Grand Slam 4-14

Elk

Either the above mentioned Weatherby or;

Browning Synthetic Stalker 300 WSM with a Weaver Grand Slam 3-10

Dinosaurs

M1A2 Abrams using HEAT rounds