"hump" shot - urban legend... anyone have knowledge?

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I heard the other day that if you shoot a moose in the hump, it will paralyze the animal, so you can then make the killing shot.

True, or urban legend?




There was one fellow that claimed he did hit a moose in the hump (but not on purpose), and it did drop the moose so it wouldn't/couldn't move.

(I also heard that the same goes for grizzly).
 
If you hit his spine it's gonna paralyze him. Not a shot I would recommend you try to do. Wait for the correct kill shot to begin with. The only time I would consider an "anchor" shot is with Bear. So to answer your question .. true if you hit the spine .....
 
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Hit a moose on the run once in the hump, literally picked him out of his tracks and laid him down, then he kindly stood up and turned broadside so I could shoot him in the lungs. Not my shot of choice. But it did not wreck a lot of steaks or roasts..
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The hump shot is basically a spine shot- But there are also quite a few nerves that run through that area, same as a deer. With amoose, the hump gives a good target.

I still prefer 1/3 of the way up the chest, in line wiht the shoulder, for all animals.
 
Last year I decided to take a buck high on the shoulders. (Didn't feel like chasing him around the woods and swamp for the next hour) I hit him with a 180gr softie out of my 308 @ 200 yards. He jumped about 4 feet in the air with legs flailing, and was dead by the time he landed on the ground.

It suprises me as to how these things can run after they're shot in the vitals....but they do. That's why I decided to test the high (disabling) shot.

I can't say I'd recommend it, but it worked like a charm. No chasing, no suffering....
 
What can I add....

CNS shot, not the best plan, also there are some huge blood veins in that region that you can destroy with a hump/spine shot. Easier to give them on in the lungs.

I shot a calf a few years back about 2/3 way up the sholder and it just folded up on the spot. Hit a bull moose like that too and it went about 20' where it piled up. But not that bugger last year, he took off running so I gave him another in the lungs before he got too far in the swamp (it was frozen) and i was surprised of the damage those 2 rounds did when I was finally skinning him. Tought bastard that one.
 
My first hump.

I dropped a moose in his tracks with a hump shot. When we dressed him out, we found the bullet had entered on his right side, gone dead center through the spine-angling downward to his lungs where it 'blowed 'em up good), knicked a rib on his right side and travelled down under his hide, and ended up just on his right hind rump. When I made the shot, I was a total newbie in the woods with a rifle, and the old guys in the camp told me to go for the hump shot when I first got up there. Secondly, the moose was 11yds away from me. I certainly wouldn't try that shot on a running or long range shot. Consequently, for the past several years I have gotten my deer with spinal shots, with the same 30.06 Sako I used on the moose. It wasn't intentional, but some how when those critters run, bad things happen to their spines. Again not intentional.
 
Hump shot was howthe old timers refered to spine shooting moose. A very effective shot when using some of the anemic rounds of yester year.
 
mmm...chicken said:
It wasn't intentional, but some how when those critters run, bad things happen to their spines.
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:D

Ha, CNS shots on running game are definitely spectacular.

Shot a standing doe a few years ago and then clobbered the fawn as it ran out of the field. Spine shot. I witnessed what is meant when people describe something falling "ass over tea kettle".:D
 
I had an uncle that shot a moose in the hump. Missed the spine by a fraction and the moose just stood there. The next shot went into the chest, took a couple of steps and went down. Since then, I prefer the safer shot.

Consider this: The hump is a rather small target, takes a very precise shot, and is not totally reliable. The chest is a much larger target which will provide a bit of forgiveness, and in most cases is very reliable. Moose usually don't run too much when taking one in the chest either.
 
I was on a hunt in Northern saskatchewan where my partner took a hunp shot at a BIG moose. The moose fell down, my partner started to climb down from the tree just as the moose got up and started running. He emptied his semi auto .30-06 at the moose, and hit him 3 more times. Ons hot klipped the heart, one took out the liver, and the third was lung shot.

The moose still ran about 100 yds.

When we opened him up, about 5 gals of blood came out the chest cavity ... he had basically bled out before stopping.

Some animals just don't know they are dead ...
 
Hit a doe High on the shoulder last year (44-40) at a resonable short range (somewhere under 80 yards) Must of hit the CNS because it looked like someone turned the lights out on her. Off course I had to finish her off with a pumpkin shot as go up to her.

Wasnt' really the shot I intended to make but that's what I got for hunting with a 100 year old rifle....I guess I can blame it on the rifle can I ? Meat was good in any case.
 
Why in hell would anybody shoot a moose in the top of the shoulders!? If you can hit that, then you can damn well place your bullet into the heart/lung area, where it should be.
 
Demonical said:
Why in hell would anybody shoot a moose in the top of the shoulders!? If you can hit that, then you can damn well place your bullet into the heart/lung area, where it should be.
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Why do some people shoot moose with a .338 mag rather than a 308? Personal choice I guess, some people like the lungs, some like the spine shot. It isn't a difficult shot to make for a person who is a competent shot with a good knowledge of anatomy.
 
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Omega said:
Why do some people shoot moose with a .338 mag rather than a 308? Personal choice I guess, some people like the lungs, some like the spine shot. It isn't a difficult shot to make for a person who is a competent shot with a good knowledge of anatomy.
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You are right, people that do not know any better may take a shot in the top of the shoulders... :slap:
 
Demonical said:
You are right, people that do not know any better may take a shot in the top of the shoulders... :slap:
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Or perhaps people who are confident in their abilities. As the vid clip graphically shows it is a very effective shot, there is simply no arguing that.
Did you find anything to give a cutesy little nick name to today?
 
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