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You finally drew a WA/ID/MT/WY moose tag after 20 years of applying. You spent many a day scouting before the season. You have hunted hard all season with no "luck" to speak of. Finally you spot the moose you were looking for from preseason scouting. It's the last day of the season and you have just a couple of minutes of legal daylight left. How and would you take this shot? What rifle and cartridge/bullet would you use? Distance is 90 yards. (I borrowed this pic from another site, it shows a Washington moose) [img][IMG] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/su35/05%20buck%20hunt/IMG_3910MOOSE2.jpg[/img][/img]
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Well, it COULD be done, but it's risky and I doubt I'd risk it. A bullet at the base of the tail will break the pelvis and he's dropping like a sack of rocks. It would require a quick followup shot. Missing the spine could be ugly that late in the game.
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Sure, right in the back of the head.
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Sure, right in the back of the head. Exactly what I would do.
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Pass.Never needed a moose that bad.20 years or not.Use common sense and always respect the game your after.Winging it shouldn't apply.
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As you said,I have a couple of minutes left to decide.In that time,either bull could present a much better shot angle.
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Pass.Never needed a moose that bad.20 years or not.Use common sense and always respect the game your after.Winging it shouldn't apply. Not only that it looks like they might be on the move. Very low % shot IMO and I don't like guts in my meat and I never shoot critters in the ass. 
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Don't know what picture they're looking at all I see is hump.
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ABSOLUTELY! One right behind the last rib... will penetrate forward and do tremendous, fatal, damage. AND, of course, moose being what they are, he'll pause, stand there and look backwards over his shoulder when you give a whistle. Plant one in the neck and it's over. A 30-06 and 180 NP are the ticket  Of course, in real life I wouldn't bother shooting a moose in velvet...
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On the move side by side.I'd be interested in seeing that sometime.....Not.Reckon I already know how it's gonna turn out.
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On the move side by side.I'd be interested in seeing that sometime.....Not. Have done it on elk... moose are bigger.
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Besides, anyone that can't stop a moving animal with a whistle shouldn't be allowed a firearm in his hands...
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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And 90 yards is pretty darn close!
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Wouldn't even hesitate...BOOM! ...and I would enjoy looking at the mount in my living room later on, while some of the rest of you talk about the bull that got away.
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That's a dead moose, one way or the other.
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+1. Anyone that hasn't ever made that shot probably ought to stick to Internet hunting...behind the last rib angled up through the boiler, out the brisket...
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Should I, maybe not. Would I, prolly so...just being honest.
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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As to the cartridge, whatever I had in my hands at the time, as long as it was legal, any bullet from an Accubond to a Barnes...
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I'm shootin' and happy as a lark for filling my tag on the last day after having enjoyed the entire season right down to the last few minutes.
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