T Bone
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Who here has taken moose and/or elk with the venerable ".30-06 short" or even a .300 Savage?
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Wallydeuce
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I can't wait to see the grip and grimace.
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Are you allowed to own a gun?
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A Conspiracy Theory...
A certain mic dropping injury prone sheep hunter who once frequented these here parts is moonlighting as a newly joined pot stirrer, with many strong firearm opinions. Discuss.
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sacountry
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He's too cool of a cat for such a thing. But if true then @EYJONAS! , you're dead to me.A Conspiracy Theory...
A certain mic dropping injury prone sheep hunter who once frequented these here parts is moonlighting as a newly joined pot stirrer, with many strong firearm opinions. Discuss.
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I dunno- I just watched a video where of elite hunters chasing "The Duke", a Bighorn Sheep..
NorthIdahoDude
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Never with a 308, but my wife and I have killed a few elk with a 303 British, which is even less horsepower than a 308 - all dead within a few steps. One of the best elk hunters I ever knew hunted them with a 284 Winchester loaded with 120 grain Nosler ballistic tips. I asked him if he knew that was a horribly bad choice of bullet for anything bigger than a coyote, and he laughed at me and pointed to the wall of elk antlers he'd amassed over the years, all 6 point and larger elk, and commented that none of them seemed to know it was an awful bullet for big game. I also knew a guy who used to hunt elk with a 243, but he was a head/neck shooter (which didn't really improve my opinion of how he hunted elk any, LOL).
NorthIdahoDude
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Well, since my last post above -- I shot a bull moose last Sunday (literally a once in a lifetime hunt in Idaho) with a .308 diameter 150 grain Nosler Accubond with a muzzle velocity of 2800 FPS. Killed yee olde moose dead as dead gets in very short order, no drama and no tracking involved.
To be fair, I was technically using a 30-06 to launch that bullet, but the 2800 FPS muzzle velocity it's loaded to is more/less the exact same muzzle velocity you can reasonably expect from a 308 Winchester. So zero real world difference.
So no, I would not feel the need to upgrade to a bigger gun for a moose or elk hunt. A well placed shot from any cartridge you could vaguely qualify as a 'big game cartridge' will kill an animal dead as dead gets. Conversely, a poorly placed shot from even the worlds most powerful Uber-Ultra-Wowzers-Magnum will not put an animal down in a timely fashion. And if you're like most of us, a Uber-Ultra-Wowzers-Magnum with all it's recoil will more than likely hinder you in making a well placed shot, so it is not only not necessary, I'd almost go so far as to not recommend it.
To be fair, I was technically using a 30-06 to launch that bullet, but the 2800 FPS muzzle velocity it's loaded to is more/less the exact same muzzle velocity you can reasonably expect from a 308 Winchester. So zero real world difference.
So no, I would not feel the need to upgrade to a bigger gun for a moose or elk hunt. A well placed shot from any cartridge you could vaguely qualify as a 'big game cartridge' will kill an animal dead as dead gets. Conversely, a poorly placed shot from even the worlds most powerful Uber-Ultra-Wowzers-Magnum will not put an animal down in a timely fashion. And if you're like most of us, a Uber-Ultra-Wowzers-Magnum with all it's recoil will more than likely hinder you in making a well placed shot, so it is not only not necessary, I'd almost go so far as to not recommend it.
westbranch
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We could use pics and more moose threads. Only three ( or 4?) so far.
MThuntr
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At least 2 moose stories ended with an Accubond so you best post some pics
NorthIdahoDude
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Working on it, I need 10 posts before I can start a thread - not there yet.
NorthIdahoDude
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Still working my way up towards 10 posts before I can start a thread. I plan on sharing the pics/story soon-ish.At least 2 moose stories ended with an Accubond so you best post some pics
pilsner
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My 84 year old Nana once used a bolt action 410 shotgun on a mouse... In her kitchen.
She went 0 and 3 before Grandpa disarmed her. Never hit the mouse but it did a number on the baseboards, cabinet fronts, and floor.
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westbranch
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Reminds me of my aunt that hated squirrels eating from her bird feeder. Used the 22 until her early 80s, aim went bad so she switched to 410, after a couple years she did too much damage with the 410 so switched to live traps and drowning in the rain barrel.
SaskHunter
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Gtfoh
To be fair she was holding a leg for me from time to time.
Flatbrimmer
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You crack me up bud
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@SaskHunter wtf are you doing quartering moose. Dont you know us Sask boys have to get them out whole lol
SaskHunter
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Yo dawg! I don't have a tratter to get 'em out whole!!!
It's easier to quarter them up and pack them to the truck than drive alllllllllllllllllllll the way home to get a trailer and ATV. I'm lazy, not smart.
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