308 moose load

I would use a Nosler partition 180 gr. Or a 165 if you want to go lighter. Had a 180 gr Partition go through the shoulder and lungs of a young bull moose and found the bullet under the skin on the other side. Mind this was with a 300WSM not loaded real hot by any means at 100 yds. But the bullet weighed around 115 gr if I remember correctly when all was done and the fragments were probably around the shoulder or the lung soup. There was a a good solid bullet base that stuck together. I use them in my 06' as well as the 7-08 and trust them with doing the job if I do mine.
 
I don't hunt moose but a local guide says anything bonded or copper monometal will do...this includes 150gr loads! He says bullet construction is more important then bullet weight. This has me convinced 100%.
 
Whichever 150-180 gr bullet that shoots well in his rifle, when placed in the vitals, will cleanly kill his moose.

I would look at what he has been using in factory ammo that performs well in his rifle as a starting point (and nothing wrong with sticking to that!). Corlokts and Power Points have killed moose for years in factory ammo, but can be hard to find for loading. Hornady, Speer and Sierra's are usually easy to find and are not expensive. Hard to beat the Nosler Partition!

Premium bullets can be used, but are more necessary when talking about the Alaskan/Yukon moose, than with the Canadian an Shiras subspecies, which can weigh as much as 1000 lbs less. Bonded bullets such as AccuBonds, A-Frames, and InterBonds work well, and then you get into the monometals: GMX/CX, TSX/TTSX, E-Tips, etc.
His budget or desire to keep costs down may determine part of the answer.
 
Gatehouse said:
Wait a minute.....

How many moose have you shot?

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Exactly None, but , but I trust Woodleigh when i combine what I've read across multiple Forums over multiple years of surfing hunting related chit chats :)

i was going to say You only Need a 7mm08 for Moose but figured woodleigh wasa good constellation
 
Load up a 150gr TTSX, shoot at reasonable ranges, but you still have 2000fps at 400yds, velocity enough for the bullet to open properly. Moose aren't hard to kill, they go down pretty quick when hit right.
 
WhelanLad said:
Exactly None, but , but I trust Woodleigh when i combine what I've read across multiple Forums over multiple years of surfing hunting related chit chats :)

i was going to say You only Need a 7mm08 for Moose but figured woodleigh wasa good constellation
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Yeah, just funning with you. :)

A Woodleigh would do just fine.
 
jpappy said:
I've heard of moose running after getting shot in the hump, ive never seen anyone hit them there.
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Anyone who intentionally shoots a moose in the hump should be a be publicly shamed by flogging.

Such a hit might knock him down but would do nothing but break up non-structural feather bones on top of the back bone and leave an egregious lingering wound.

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SuperCub said:
Anyone who intentionally shoots a moose in the hump should be a be publicly shamed by flogging.

Such a hit might knock him down but would do nothing but break up non-structural feather bones on top of the back bone and leave an egregious lingering wound.

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Exactly, that's why I said go 9 inches below the hump and you hit spine and depending on the angle also front shoulder blades. I've put down moose reliably doing this and it saves the skull for a euro mount if desired.
 
Eagleye said:
I have had the privilege of living for most of my life in prime game areas.
As a result, My family got to eat a lot of moose meat.

As Dogleg stated, once you find the moose, it's basically an execution. :)

For an animal of their stature, they are strangely easy to kill with any
decently placed shot.

I have taken them with everything from the 6mm Remington [not a moose chambering, BTW]
up to and including the 338 Win Mag.

The vast majority of almost 5 dozen moose have required only one shot
to take down.

But a young Bull is such a tasty morsel!! I just had a sirloin steak from
the last immature Bull I shot. It was tender and mouth watering.:;)

I'll continue to hunt alces alces for as long as I am able. Dave.
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funny i still think a fatty young caribou bull of august is way better for my taste but those immature moose ones are not that far as well.
 
medvedqc said:
funny i still think a fatty young caribou bull of august is way better for my taste but those immature moose ones are not that far as well.
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The origin of the moose in question has a part in it's flavour as well.

I've eaten moose from the Yukon, Ontario, NB and NFLD. They taste different with the YT moose having a stronger taste. The moose from NFLD was the best of the small taste test.
 
SuperCub said:
The origin of the moose in question has a part in it's flavour as well.

I've eaten moose from the Yukon, Ontario, NB and NFLD. They taste different with the YT moose having a stronger taste. The moose from NFLD was the best of the small taste test.
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you re right as i remember the first moose i ate from quebec that was taken during the archery season that was mild too.
 
Have you chronographed your loads? I'm trying to find a load for Daughter's 308 and the speed of the most accurate 150 g TTSX load I got so far is 48.5g CFE 223 2823 FPS. I was hoping for more velocity than this but will perhaps I should be happy with this (speed at 200 yards - the range limit I set for her - should be around 2182 fps).
 
Try moose from Baie Comeau to Baie deRochers area - they are much better than our insular moose, they are mostly in hardwoods forest.

You are correct that northern moose tend to be stronger - but our caribou on NL aren't as good as those in northern Labrador... I am pretty sure its the diet.......

Out of curiosity, what area did your NL moose come from?
 
SuperCub said:
The origin of the moose in question has a part in it's flavour as well.

I've eaten moose from the Yukon, Ontario, NB and NFLD. They taste different with the YT moose having a stronger taste. The moose from NFLD was the best of the small taste test.
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In my experience, Clover/Alfalfa/Grain-fed Alberta farmland moose is by far the best eating. I knew farmers in Central Alberta who would put in areas of crop intended just for moose, not harvested. Maybe they used Canola as well. In early fall, when it froze a bit and got crisp, you would see the moose down on their front knees eating it. These crops gave the meat a great flavour...like prime rib. You can't compare it to the flavour of spruce bog moose with their wilder diet. (I am told that planting a field of good crop for Moose is a practice in rural Sweden as well.)

My moose load was boringly conventional and very effective: just a 30-06 shooting a 180 gr. Nosler Partition at an honest 2700 fps.
 
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Moose have made a huge comeback on the Alberta prairies. Probably because of the depopulation of the area’s (less poaching). The Alberta government’s term for these moose are “Dryland Moose”
 
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