mewachee
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I bow hunt almost exclusively, shot a moose last year.
I don't care what you shoot with, don't hit bone. Hit vitals and she will be fine. Shoot it at close range and she will have a better hunt. You only need the bigger caliber if you are unsure of your shooting ability; remember, they have enormous hard bones. I throw a whitetail carcass in my yard, and my two dogs have it gone, including bones, in two weeks. With my moose, I deboned the whole thing except one front quarter and those bones are still out there.
With all that said, a moose has a lot of lung, give it time to die. Second, use a quality gnarly bullet like a Barnes bullet. I shoot the 130 grain ttsx out of my 270 win at 3200 fps and I have no need to shoot anything else out of this rifle. I like this bullet because it doesn't live a nice clean wound channel, it tears its way through.
I don't care what you shoot with, don't hit bone. Hit vitals and she will be fine. Shoot it at close range and she will have a better hunt. You only need the bigger caliber if you are unsure of your shooting ability; remember, they have enormous hard bones. I throw a whitetail carcass in my yard, and my two dogs have it gone, including bones, in two weeks. With my moose, I deboned the whole thing except one front quarter and those bones are still out there.
With all that said, a moose has a lot of lung, give it time to die. Second, use a quality gnarly bullet like a Barnes bullet. I shoot the 130 grain ttsx out of my 270 win at 3200 fps and I have no need to shoot anything else out of this rifle. I like this bullet because it doesn't live a nice clean wound channel, it tears its way through.
