Moose 08

[350 Mag]

Well, based on that you should bring them in close enough to use a long bow or speer. Then you'd REALLY be hunting, not shooting.

I'm guessing you don't like the advantage a good scope gives you as well.


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My Moose this year was shot @ 6 yards/paces Broadside with Bow(sorry Compound)

Is THAT close enough for ya???

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=276740

I have contemplated using a spear...but that would be a little dicey!

 

[Ganderite]

Good shot with a good caliber. In our camp the 270 is held in high regard as a moose caliber.

A buddy of mine who is a moose guide regularly shoots moose in the head so as to minimise meat loss. He is a very good shot. He counsels his clients to shoot the chest, just behind the shoulder. Little meat loss and a much larger effective target.

 

[SuperCub]

My Moose this year was shot @ 6 yards/paces Broadside with Bow(sorry Compound)

Is THAT close enough for ya???

Cool! .... That is up close.


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[PGK]

No problems with the head shot(as long as it is standing still and not running)....just don't like the .270 as a Moose cartridge.


I took a BIG bull 6 years ago with a head shot between the eyes @ 60 yards.

Rifle was a 444 Marlin with 300gr HOT handloads.

That Moose dropped in his tracks also. No bloodshot/wasted meat or messy clean-up.

So you did the same job, and burnt 50% more powder. Yup, 270 sucks for moose.

CGN.....lol.

 

[Shrek]

A friend and I got a moose this year. It took 2 30-06 150grn. bullets and neither one passed through. They might have made it halfway.

Wat this tells me is that if you want to do a lung shot then bring the "mobile artillery"!

If your capable of making a nice headshot like this one, then more power to ya!

 

[350 Mag]

A friend and I got a moose this year. It took 2 30-06 150grn. bullets and neither one passed through. They might have made it halfway.

Wat this tells me is that if you want to do a lung shot then bring the "mobile artillery"!

If your capable of making a nice headshot like this one, then more power to ya!

If your friend had been shooting a better penetrating bullet in 165gr range I bet it would have punched right through. Nosler partition, Swift A-Frame, Barnes X.

 

[SuperCub]

If your friend had been shooting a better penetrating bullet in 165gr range I bet it would have punched right through. Nosler partition, Swift A-Frame, Barnes X.

Not always ..... I shot a sm moose broadside at close range with a 375/338 using 260gr Nosler ABs and recovered these two bullets.

 

[PGK]

If you can't get ANY 30-06 bullet to punch through a moose you are either shooting them through the shoulders (wrong) or shooting from WAY too far. I've watched my buddy punch two holes right through a big dry cow at 325m . Both bullets took out ribs on both sides as they exited. Shooting through the shoulder only wrecks meat. Shootem in the ribs, they die.

 

[ratherbefishin]

I saw a bull moose shot with a 130 gr 270,quartering away shot behind the shoulder at about 100 yards away,take 2 or 3 steps,stagger, go down,and not get up again.It was over.A broadside head shot could be a little low-break the jaw and result in losing the animal-a directly behind shot would either miss or drop it in its tracks.Slightly low would still drop it in its tracks.

 

[Northman999]

Not always ..... I shot a sm moose broadside at close range with a 375/338 using 260gr Nosler ABs and recovered these two bullets.

At first I thought you were joking with your original post on these AB's! What velocity are they impacting at (about)? I'm really surprised. They look VERY mushroomed out as well; I was thinking of trying them in my 375 RUM at about 3100 fps - but seeing those ones I'm not sure any more. Those "broadside" shots weren't double shoulder shots were they? I can't imagine a ribcage only broadside shot not going through and through

Thanks for the great pics of the bullets and also the bullet weights as well, good stuff to know.

Oh, as for actually speaking to the thread. 270 is perfectly fine for moose as long as you are using an appropriate bullet, and NOTHING kills like a head shot.

 

[SuperCub]

At first I thought you were joking with your original post on these AB's! What velocity are they impacting at (about)? I'm really surprised. They look VERY mushroomed out as well; I was thinking of trying them in my 375 RUM at about 3100 fps - but seeing those ones I'm not sure any more. Those "broadside" shots weren't double shoulder shots were they? I can't imagine a ribcage only broadside shot not going through and through

I didn't chrony this load, but slightly heavier loads with the same powder were WELL over 2700fps, so I would safely assume between 2600 to 2700fps. Range was about 100yds.

The heavier bullet hit a couple ribs going in and stopped on the far side hide. The lighter bullet was back in the hind going through the hip and stopping again on the far side hide.

I wouldn't blame the bullets with any failure. The core stayed intact with the cup and it did it's job expending all it's energy on the target.


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[Northman999]

I didn't chrony this load, but slightly heavier loads with the same powder were WELL over 2700fps, so I would safely assume between 2600 to 2700fps. Range was about 100yds.

The heavier bullet hit a couple ribs going in and stopped on the far side hide. The lighter bullet was back in the hind going through the hip and stopping again on the far side hide.

I wouldn't blame the bullets with any failure. The core stayed intact with the cup and it did it's job expending all it's energy on the target.


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Thanks for the info! I agree that there doesn't seem to be any bullet failure, I'm just surprized about the expansion and lack of pass-through. With shot into the hip, however, it's not suprizing on that one.