Well I grew up in a family of moose hunters on both sides. To say that those men were passionate about hunting moose would be an understatment. Perhaps bordering on insane would probably be more accurate. My first moose camp with my dad my grandfather's and a couple of uncle's was at the ripe old age of five. It was the second week of school for me and I still remember the argument my mom and dad had about me going. He told her to phone the school and tell them I had the chicken pox which I did not but she gave in and lied to my principal about the chicken pox. I was with my dad when he shot a 48" bull with his 30-06 both my Grandfathers took bulls on that trip too, my uncle's drank wiskey and cooked. Hell that was almost 40 years ago. My dad who passed in 2006 hunted and took moose from Newfoundland all the way to B.C and the Yukon and the NWT. In the eairly 60's they made a couple of trips to Alaska when you could go with your gear and guns buy a tag and get a moose.Guy Miner":3i745r2b said:
Yes I am a bit moose crazy too When I hunted the north bush my shots were within 100-150 yards most times and a couple were spittin distance. Now that the more open praries here in Alberta have seen many moose move in in the last 10-15 years my shots have been getting longer the longest being about 250 yards two years ago. I should draw a cow tag this year and will expect to shoot 100 plus yards.
I have yet to be skunked on a moose tag when I have been drawn it has been down to the wire a couple of times and I got lucky and I would rather be lucky than good any day.
Guy you can't go wrong with a 30-06 and a good bullet of 180-220 grains for moose at any reasonable range. If you worry you are a little on the light side you can up it to the 300 Win with a 200-220 grain bullet ( personal fave for moose) or the 7 rem mag with a good 160-175 class bullet. Moose are not that hard to kill but then again they can take lead like nobody's business. Call in a bull in the rut with a cow call and when he hangs up hit him with some bull grunts to get him angry and bring him in to kick some ass. If you don't break bones they can still keep coming looking to thrash you for thinking about taking his girl from him. High shoulder shot is the ticket and it is what I use now on any moose calm or pissed off and it puts them down with a minimum of fuss and allows a close finisher if needed. Once you get that first moose you will be hooked for life I know I am. Just wait until you see how fast one of them swamp donkeys can make it through thick bush on the dead run trust me they can shame a whitetail when it comes to getting through the bush in a hurry.
Fingers crossed you get ya a tag very soon
