IT'S OFFICIAL! --Yukon moose is, indeed, the new world record

That would be great to see a new world record. I shot a top ten P&Y Canada bull in September, but haven't had time to get the post-60 day score done... I'll get around to it at some point.
 
I enjoyed the fact that in the short write op the hunter made reference to the fact that he would have enough meat in his freezer to last him to next fall. Of course all the tree hugging, anti hunting, grocery store meat buying people will ignore that part of the story. But good for him to show that it's not all about the size of the rack, it's about feeding yourself and your family too.
 
Reminds me of another huge one, the 85 inch bull a fellow shot with his 30-30 about 25 years ago. Driving back to Watson Lake, he saw the bull about 150 yd off the Campbell Hwy. Can't remember if it was two, or three, 170 gr soft points into the lungs?

Our moose are such wimps! ;)

Ted
 
swissinn said:
I don't know much about 303 british. Isn't it close to a .308 energy wise?!
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The only thing that limits the 303 is the Lee-Enfield action, which does not like warm loads. [Hard on brass]

The capacity of the 303 british is identical to the 308 Winchester, so in a front locking boltgun [P14] or a Ruger #1,
You can load the identical loads as the 308 Safely.

There is no reason on earth why a 303, even with the more anaemic factory loads, will not easily down a moose.
It still generates more energy than a 30-30, and a lot of moose have succumbed to a well-placed 170 SP out of that chambering.

I have shot 3 moose with the 303, back around 1968/69, and had no problem with it, even at 225 yards or so.

Regards, Dave
 
Eagleye said:
The only thing that limits the 303 is the Lee-Enfield action, which does not like warm loads. [Hard on brass]

The capacity of the 303 british is identical to the 308 Winchester, so in a front locking boltgun [P14] or a Ruger #1,
You can load the identical loads as the 308 Safely.

There is no reason on earth why a 303, even with the more anaemic factory loads, will not easily down a moose.
It still generates more energy than a 30-30, and a lot of moose have succumbed to a well-placed 170 SP out of that chambering.

I have shot 3 moose with the 303, back around 1968/69, and had no problem with it, even at 225 yards or so.

Regards, Dave
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In the early 60's, not long after we first moved to the BC interior, when I first started hunting, that's what Dad & I used on the first few we shot. The rifles were Simpon-Sears specials, sporterized Lee Enfields but for Moose we,;) opted for the C.I.L. or Dominion 215gr loads. I picked up a few boxes of 215gr Woodleigh bullets from Corlane Sporting Goods, to reload just for the nostalgic memory of those days.
 
There's 25,000 moose harvested every fall in Newfoundland. A conservative guess would be that at least half are still taken with a sporterized. 303 Lee-Enfield. "Moose Rifle" and. 303 are basically interchangeable on the Rock. I took my first moose with a No. 4 MK 1* built by Savage. It was the first centerfire rifle I purchased after getting my first FAC at age 18. Thank God I never opted to have it cut down and it remains in as-issued condition today.

As for Heinz, congratulations on such a spectacular animal. That you did it with the. 303 British makes it all the more impressive and your story that much more compelling.
 
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