Moose Season

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archie_james_c

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Well with Moose season already started or creeping up fast what is everyone gonna bringing with them for a go-to Gun/Scope/Cartridge?? Oh yah...pics are mandatory for this thread :p .

October 10th I'll be 500 Km's North of here and I'll be toting the Sako Model 85 LSS topped with a Leupold FXIII 6X42 and spitting out 225 grain Hornady SST's at around 2500 fps using H4895 powder...

Here it is with my first ever Bull tag...

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I'm leaving Friday, October 16th for an area near Sherbrooke.

I'll be using a Browning BAR MkI in .300 WinMag 180gr, topped with a 3-9x40 Bushnell(can't afford the Leupold just yet).

Hoping to get my first moose this year.
If I had had a female permit last year I would have had a broadside shot at about 50 yards at a huge female. But no female permit so no moose :(:(
 
338-06 24" Gaillard barrel, Leupold dual dovetail mounts, lapped rings, 3.5 x 10 Boone & Crockett, 700 trued action, Kwik-Klip conversion, Defensive Edge bolt knob added, 2.25 pound trigger job, glass bedded and floated, 8.25 pounds and shoots 1/2 m.o.a. with a 225 grain Hornady at 2700 f/s. It also has a 7mm-08 barrel I can swap back on... and a Decel pad added...

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Already been. I took my Sako AIII in 30-06 with VXII 3-9x50. We got the bull to come within 25' - I was wishing for open sights, I'll tell ya. It was an experience I won't soon forget.

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See those spruce trees on the right? That's where I shot him from.
 
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Husqvarna 1600 6.5 swede, iron sights, factory fed 140sp, calf tag, and still gunning for winnie.

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Backup, marlin 30-30 lever, factory 170grain silvertips.
 
blargon said:
XCR .338WM, VXII 3-9 LR, 225TSX, is it enough for a calf?:p
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You just didn't have the heart to sell her did you Brad :D..

looch said:
Already been. I took my Sako AIII in 30-06 with VXII 3-9x50. We got the bull to come within 25' - I was wishing for open sights, I'll tell ya. It was an experience I won't soon forget.


See those spruce trees on the right? That's where I shot him from.
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Nice Bull Looch :cool: . This exact scenario of yours makes me concerned about my FXIII...:eek: .
 
archie_james_c said:
You just didn't have the heart to sell her did you Brad :D..



Nice Bull Looch :cool: . This exact scenario of yours makes me concerned about my FXIII...:eek: .
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Thanks - like I said, it was a rush.

I won't be taking it moose hunting again. Looking at either a 2-7x33 or 2.5-8x36. The 3-9x50 is better for our rather wary deer.
 
Going right after Thanksgiving.
Taking my Tikka SS M695 in .338WM and its baby brother in .30-06 as a spare.
Just shooting Federal factory fodder. :redface:
Due to family issues, no time to work up my own loads.:(
 
  • top is T/C venture 7mm mag with nikon 4.5X14-40 BDC.load test on going,but fed fusion did give me 1.19"@200 yards.
  • bottom is A-Bolt medallion .338 winmag muzzle brake done by guntechwith leupold 4X12-40 VXI.this will be pushing a 225gr SST @2785fps 1.5"@200 yards.
  • oh ya the very top stuff is for guntech after his hunting trip:p


im hoping to fill my LEH for any bull this year.are group should be on the road up north 8th OCT.:dancingbanana:


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Rem Mod 7 LSS .308win
Leupold Euro-30 2-7x33mm
Talley Rings/bases

165gr Hornady BTSP Interlock @ 2670fps

has a goat under it's belt this year, needs a moose too ;)
 
Tikka m695 30-06 leupold vx2 3-9 40, with handloads 180 grain npt 45 grains reloader 15/ win primers lapua caseings.
 
1956 Winchester Model 70 300H+H with 3.5 x 10 Ziess . 70gr. IMR 4831 180gr.Nosler Ballistic Silvertip. I have used this rifle since 1983 many moose have fallen to it you do the math .
 
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