Large animals taken with .30-.30

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BrittB

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What's the largest animal you have taken with a .30-.30? How far away was the animal and what loads were you using?
 
120lb blacktail at less than 100yds. Can't remember what I was shooting, probably whatever was on sale at the time.
 
~120lb sow feral pig, DRT - high heart/lung area possibly CNS spine disruption...taken from a distance of 10 yards at the most. Remington Core-lokt 150g
 
Is there any advantage to using the Hornady Leverevolution? What I'm wondering is what's the possibility of taking down an Elk? It's related to a work tale.
 
Is there any advantage to using the Hornady Leverevolution? What I'm wondering is what's the possibility of taking down an Elk? It's related to a work tale.
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Yes, High, totally plausible.

Not generally recommended.
 
Hoping I can still post if it was my Mom's moose? Winchester '94, closer than 100 yards, unsure as to ammo mfg but it was either Federal or Remington. I would love to know if it was 150's or 170's. Old-school Alaska, definitely.
 
A whitetail button buck....

Not a terribly large animal, but I put a couple of 170 gr Partitions clear through him...... lengthwise. Not the optimum bullet for whitetail, obviously ...... but I have no doubt it would go through an elk or moose standing broadside to you, at under 100 yards.
 
About 16 years ago I whacked a FAT whitetail forkhorn at about 235 yards (paced over rough ground/measured via google earth) with basic 150 grain Winchester ammo, and knocked a thumb-sized chunk of bone out the off-side shoulder. He tipped over on the first stride.

I didn't weigh him but I was about 210 at the time and had to pick my feet up to hoist him with a 1:1 pulley, so I'm guessing about 180? We have good bucks that scale close to 250 in that area.
 
The 30-30

I have not taken anything with a 30-30, but I was with my friend who lives in TX, and I watched him take a 200+ lbs ferral hog about 60 feet or so with a .30-30 TC Contender Super 14. Neck shot broke the neck just inches behind the head the pig was DRT. Not sure of the load. The visit with him was great.

J.Budd
 
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Ground Squirrel at about 10 yards using Sierra 150 grain flat points and Trailboss. So far thats the only living thing I have shot with it, but, it only gets about 10 rounds a year thru it as a back-up to the back-ups for antelope and elk.
 
When my son was 12 he took his first moose with a 30-30 ,a large cow over 800lbs.The shot was taken at about 40 yrds with a 150 gr handload.
Alex
 
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