7, we don’t get to hunt moose often, it is a draw here.. Ours are the smallest of the moose clan..
In addition to my late wife’s hunts and mine, I have gone with several friends over the last years..
On our first hunt my wife killed huge cow with a model 54 .30-06 and a 180 Sierra SPBT.. For got the load, but probably 4350 or 4831.. The cow only ran 80 yards but enough to get across a frozen beaver dam where we could not drive..
Second hunt in the early 80’s, I shot a small bull though the lungs with a 165 grain Sierra HPBT from my .300 win.. 72.5 gr. Of I 4350.. It ran maybe 30 yards..
Third hunt, mid 80’s went with a fellow worker.. He shot a good bull with a 175 gr. Rem. Fac. From a 7mm mag. head shot dropped it right there..
4th was my boss and his wife.. She had a tag, the both shot at the same time .30-06’s 180’s.. Cow ran 30 yards..
5th was the mid 90’s. I shot a small bull walking away with my .300 Win and a 200 gr. Part. 72 gr. Of Re 22(ammo left over from Africa) Shot behind the shoulder I found the bullet at the base of its ear.. Dropped right there..
6th early 2000.. My wife’s permit.. Our old 7mm Rem Mag. Custom. 69.5 RE 22 140 BTBT .. Huge cow .. One shot 1/3 of the way up behind the shoulder! One step and she fell..
7th, early 2000’s my permit. 7MM Wea Mag. 72.5 7828 160 gr. Sierra HPBT. Front shot in the neck low.. Dropped on the spot, but she got up immediately.. She got out of the beaver pond thank goodness got on dry ground and turned broadside. A shot behind the shoulder dropped her on the spot..
8th 2014.. Cow hunt. 375 H & H 260 gr. Accubonds and I 4350. Across a small lake.. The first shot hit her neck.. She dropped but continued to kick.. I shot two more times trying to stop her from rolling in the lake..
Not many moose, but they were fun.. And great eating.. Our favorite of all wild game except maybe bison..
