Moose Shot Placement

[todbartell]

lets say you're shooting from a pretty solid rest, at a range of 150 yards. the rifle in your hands is whatever you pack for moose

of the four options, where do you hold your sights??

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[Amphibious]

Blue. Lung, Liver. miss the front shoulder. dead moose, no meat loss.

 

[Gatehouse]

Red all the way.

Most margin for error, and will take out al the vitals. I use controlled expansion bullets (X buets) so meat loss will be minimal.

Bsides, on a mosse I dont' mind wrecking a pound or 2 of meat, it's far better than losing the whole animal.

 

[open-sights]

Brown, I have bad eyesight and like to hike.

I first thought Pink at that range but agree that the vitals (blue) still offer a great shot.

 

[JohnC]

blue- go for the vitals

 

[Wrong Way]

RED. Shoot dead on, high, low, left, right....still = a freezer full.

 

[adog]

Red. Blow the shoulders up and wreck the heart/lung area. They are tough critters But it is kinda hard to get away with 2 broken legs and a hole in your heart. Lots of shock when you pop those shoulder blades and minimal meat loss.

 

[Republic of Alberta]

That moose is quartering very slightly towards, RED

 

[prosper]

With the ole 45-70 and no optics - RED is safest. And that big heavy ole slug'll just plow right through anything inside Plus, it leaves a reasonably large margin of error.

I'm not a big fan of head/neck shots, but at that range and a good solid rest, it's totally doable. If I felt the need to hunt moose with a 243, and could drive tacks with it, and saw this shot as described at 150 with a solid rest, I'd have the highest level of confidence with the neck shot. But that's purely hypothetical, as I wouldn't take a 243 moose hunting.

Probably go blue with the 7mm-08 and 308 - I don't totally trust them to make it through the shoulder without deflection

 

[captonion]

red/blue is ideal.

You hear many hunters talkin about shooting for the hump.Never could understand this.

 

[woodchopper]

red, excellent

perhaps blue

and pruple is plain silly, you might mess up that rack


green is a bit risky and you messup a nice chunk of meat, I would rather take out the sholder then mess up the hump.

 

[chappy]

red is the safest. if you pull your shot back your in the blue, forward still drops. if i was real close 75 yds or less i would take the neck shot.

 

[RWG]

Red!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Grouse Man]

Do all moose come colour-coded like that?

 

[cereal83]

I choose red because thats what I think is correct with no hunting experiance

 

[riden]

150 yards at a moose, how much margin of error do you need???

Blue all the way, not touching that shoulder meat.


I don't get the hump thing either????

 

[fogducker]

i,d just watch in awe as i have no tag

but my choice dot would be the blue one

 

[grouseman]

red, hit anywhere around it and dead moose, hit it dead on( red spot) you've just made a heart shot

 

[true north]

I'll be the differing opinion here
Pink- 150 yards, solid rest= easy meat
ordinarilly I'd say red but that neck shot looks too good.

 

[mdbuckle]

Take the red, green and blue then draw a triangle. I would shoot my first shot in the middle of the triangle, then put another 2 into it as it turns to the right to run away.