Got my moose hunting load assembled.

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Roadkill2228

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Very excited, I've been drawn for moose hunting here in Saskatchewan and in a few weeks I begin the hunt, never gone moose hunting before. I've got a few different loads in two different rifles that would work, but what I've decided on is my .300 Winchester magnum shooting a 200 grain woodleigh weld core magnum on top of 72 grains of reloader 22 and a magnum primer. It chronographs just a hair over 2900 feet per second. I am expecting great things for bone breaking terminal ability. Hopefully will let this forum and the hunting forum know how it performs.
 
That will work fine !! The old comment with moose -- Not hard to kill but it takes time for the moose to realize it's dead !!! :rolleyes:
A big sharp knife and a bunch of guys to help carry it out .Try not to get it in the water. Good luck ! :)
 
"...bunch of guys to help carry it out..." That's why the answer to "Where do you shoot a moose? is "Close to the road."
Ain't no moose anywhere that needs a 200 grain .300 mag to kill though.
 
Certainly that's true, my auntie has taken them with a .243, and my dad speaks of a great uncle who back in the depression took moose with a .22 hornet (head shots, skilled hunter, got within 40 yards every time). That being said there's a difference between adequate and optimal. Smaller cartridges are most certainly adequate, and I wouldn't feel at all under gunned with my .270, but the big .30s and .33s are optimal, more forgiving if you have to take a longer shot, or more likely a shot at less than forgiving angles. A poor shot is a poor shot but if the animal is quartering away from a ways out the more powerful cartridges are nice insurance, you can take a shot with them that would be ill advised with .243s and such. I like the .300, I don't believe it makes up for any lack of skill but I think there's something to be said for using as powerful a round as you can shoot accurately (un afraid to practice). If it makes no other difference, it makes one feel more confident going into the field. I personally don't feel that the magnums are in any way overkill for such game as moose.
 
300 win mag will do fine. I honestly wouldn't even worry about velocity with a 200 grain bullet from a 300 win mag, only accuracy. With that much mass and tougher construction, you are going to get great penetration at nearly any impact velocity.

Good luck! May your moose be conveniently taken on an overhang that you can pull the pickup under and just roll him in...

Jimro
 
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