- Oct 30, 2004
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From another forum
Had an excellent Alberta Moose hunt this week. Killed this 52" bull on day 2 of a 10 day hunt. Passed up 5 bulls on day one and another on day 2. Excellent hunt. Spotted the moose on the other side of the bog about a mile away at daylight. He was feeding with another shooter 50" bull. Stalked to 475 and couldn't get steady enough on my two legged shooting sticks to ensure a clean shot so crept another 20 yards to a small pine tree with a solid shoulder-high branch. He was next to a creek but the timber was only 40 yards behind him so he could escape quickly with a miss or poorly placed shot. I was using the Gunwerks LR1200 in .300 Win that I bought off Joe Biltz here on the forum. I had developed a load with the 190 LRAB and I4831 that did 2980 at the muzzle and easily shot .5 MOA. Gunwerks had printed me a custom turret for the load and also given me the drop chart for the G7 holdover reticle. I cranked the nightforce G7 to 10.5 power and just used the holdover reticle instead of spinning the turret. No place in the waist high brush to get a clear shot off a bipod. Let the first one fly and it entered his shoulder, breaking it, clipping both lungs and coming to rest in the opposite shoulder. He turned away from me but I could see him spitting and coughing blood into the snow. I was thinking he would tip over any minute but he stood there facing away from me for at least 30 seconds and then took a step quartering away from me and I let another fly. It hit the last rib and exited the brisket. He went down hard. I couldn't believe how heavy his horns felt when I finally got across the bog and the creek. He's my best moose yet and I can't wait to go back next year.
Joe
We quartered him, caped him and took all the scrap meat in the field. 7 hours worth if work for 3 guys!
I haven't weighed the bullet for weight retention yet but will when I get home.
