While unfortunately we don't have the option of handgun hunting in Canada, an acquaintence of mine used a Marlin 1894 .44 mag to take a good sized bull moose. He used 300 grain XTPs loaded to something around 1600 fps. When he caught up with it he was about 60 yards away in the brush. The first shot staggered the moose and it started to get wobbly. He levered in another round, fired, and dropped it within a few steps of where it was when the first shot was fired.
