Years ago i shot a moose , it went on its hind legs slow motion style and fell on its back. walked up to it and was a perfect broadside into lungs .touched the eye with muzzle nothing no movement, put the pack down and reached for the knife, it woke up and took off dragging itself, teo more rounds after and it was down for good. still couldnt figure it out. during a deer hunt ,a buddy shot a bear at a dead run at him with a 243 .the bear pilled up about 30 feet past him.. he lit a cigarette with a shaky hand and was still shaking when we got there. where is the bear, he points and theres nothing there. he had his back turned away from the bear the whole time.2 hours of nervous tracking and one of the boys put a slug into him for good. now we have a rule to always approach loaded and on a game animal and if any doubt put another one in it. years ago another acquaintance hunting red lake ontario shot a moose and put the rifle on its rack to take pictures. the moose got up and took off with his new 300 weatherby .strapped to it antler almost detroying it.