what ft lbs energy for elk
Somewhere along the way a consensus grew around two numbers: 1,500 ft.-lbs. and 1,000 ft.-lbs. The latter is widely held to be the minimal energy needed to cleanly kill a whitetail. The former is said to be barely adequate for humane kills on an elk. The reality is that the .22 long rifle rimfire, which nudges about 150 ft.-lbs. energy from a muzzle, has been used to poach thousands of deer, elk, moose and even polar bears and at least one elephant.