Minimum caliber for elk

The overwhelming opinion of decades of hunters and outfitters suggests something larger than a 243 is appropriate. I doubt they are all bad shots or have magnumitis. If you can shoot a 243 and kill elk it's your decision, but it's bad advice. It is also bad advice to suggest a cartridge with recoil that the shooter can't tolerate.
As far as minium I could say 22 LR because I could have certainly killed several with one over the years, but it would be beyond foolish to take one elk hunting.
 
Not hard to kill

With the right bullet u could easily kill an elk out to 250 wit the 243 there just wouldn't be room for error wit a bad shot though my grandfather has used a 25-06 for elk most of his life and loves it and as for the gentleman that said the 30-06 is only good out to 250 yards I have personally witnessed two elk killed wit a 30-06 at six hundred fourty yards I was one of the shooters I was usin 150 grain sierra spitZers out of a rem 700 wit a twenty two inch barrel the other elk was shot 165 grain nosler partition personally I wouldn't go lower than the 25-06 wit a good solid 115 grain bullet just go wit wat ur comfortable wit elk really rnt that hard to kill u don't need anything huge all it takes is a well placed shot and they will die
 
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