Foster shotgun slug for Moose?

[AK_Maine_iac]

Back in the day before all of this new high tech equipment. Sound suppressors etc. When i was in college working with Fish & Game, State Troopers. and local law enforcement.
The weapon of choice for poaching moose, deer was the old 12ga. single shot shotgun w/slugs. It killed them dead and i am sure it still does.

 

[Kachok]

Depends on the slug, some foster slugs don't deform at all and will drive 4' into soft tissue, others I have seen expand rapidly and are only good to 14" way to shallow to be considered good for moose sized game. The 06 is a very good call with heavly constructed 180-220gr bullets.

 

[jmr40]

Folks kill em with handguns, arrows, blackpowder rifles, and before that with spears. I don't think anyone is debating that a 30-06 is BETTER. But the guy doesn't want to use a 30-06. He wants to use his shotgun. Just like guys who choose to make their hunt more challenging by hunting with archery equipmant, he has made a choice to make his hunt more challenging by hunting with a shotgun.

As long as he understands that going in and if he will gain more pleasure from using his shotgun instead of buying or borrowing an unfamiliar gun then I have no problem with it.

 

[DM~]

Depends on the slug, some foster slugs don't deform at all and will drive 4' into soft tissue, others I have seen expand rapidly and are only good to 14" way to shallow to be considered good for moose sized game. The 06 is a very good call with heavly constructed 180-220gr bullets.

Could you please tell me who makes what kind, as a "foster" slug to me is the same kind that's been made for ages, and the ones i buy today look to me like the same style i bought when i was a kid.

DM

 

[Kachok]

Well the HPs tend to expand and the hardend lead/steel RN/FN don't. Those that don't expand will drive alot deeper. High penatration slugs are hard to find, so I advise avoiding the 12ga and borrowing a 30-06. Ammo selection is simple enough for them. Any 180-220gr Core-lokt, Fussion, Accubond, Partition, A-Frame, TSX, GMX, or E-tip will do the trick with ease if you place it right.

 

[nathan]

That would be nice using a shotgun to take out Moose. As always know your weapon and put the bullet where it needs to be. Be it a .22 to a 300 win mag , shot placement is key to a successful kill.

 

[DM~]

Well the HPs tend to expand and the hardend lead/steel RN/FN don't. Those that don't expand will drive alot deeper. High penatration slugs are hard to find, so I advise avoiding the 12ga and borrowing a 30-06. Ammo selection is simple enough for them. Any 180-220gr Core-lokt, Fussion, Accubond, Partition, A-Frame, TSX, GMX, or E-tip will do the trick with ease if you place it right.

I can't find any factory loaded HP foster slugs, can you tell me who loads them... All i'm finding are the same ones Rem/Win have always loaded.

I've never seen or heard of a "foster" slug made out of anything but soft lead, so you must be calling the NEW STYLE slugs "foster", and they aren't.

DM

 

[Kachok]

I am not having any luck finding a HP Foster slug, I know Remington used to make them, I shot them plenty of times out of my smoothbore. I am thinking Foster but technicaly they are an "imporved" making them a Brenneke slug, here is one that is designed to shoot through the engine of a truck, I doubt it would have any issue going through the shoulder of a moose. http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/37/products_id/5727

 

[T.R.]

I hunted moose and caribou within northern Saskatchewon back in 1986. I hunted with my older Remington .308 carbine fitted with 2X - 7X scope. Bull moose took two good chest shots before he charged into thick cover. Distance was approx 125 yards or so. But we heard him crash after a short time. Both caribou went down where they stood. Distances were approx 135 yards and 225 yards. Yes, I'm a huge fan of .308 for game larger than deer.

In contrast, I've killed several Pennsylvania deer within a "shotgun only" zone north of Philly. Recoil is stout and very unpleasant. Since then, I've switched to modern 50 caliber muzzle-loader within this zone since they've been legalized. Far less recoil but just as effective at 100 yards or so.

I do not recommend 12 gauge shotgun slugs because of the heavy recoil. Depending upon choke performance, accurasy can vary from just plain awful to pretty good. Only target shooting will reveal accurasy.

My advise is to borrow or buy a good big game rifle and leave the shotgun for running and flying game.

TR

 

[plumberroy]

brenekke's would be my first choice IF they shot decent in the gun I planned on using . but I would not think twice about using any 12 ga full bore slug that was accurate in my gun on a moose. As long as it was a broadside through the lung shot at under 75 yards. I don't use sabots for big game out of a shotgun or frontloader. I saw one fail .
If I lived where moose hunting was a yearly thing I would try one time with my rifled 20 ga shooting home rolled hard round ball slug
Roy