Yeah we're definetly talking about two different rifles, as the barrel difference that Lance pointed out might be part of the problem, HAVING SAID THAT, a doudle lung shot moose( or any creature for that matter), is a dead moose, and you should have got a rerfund.period..... That way you could buy your 65 year old ears some new hearing aids, because your probably tone-deaf in them after the idiot shot from behind you. And before anybody "knocks the old 7 mm rem mag, they need to watch "THE BEST OF THE WEST". On that program everyuthing they shoot is with the 7 mm, and they shoot it farther and make DRT kills with it. Norcal, try yourself another, if you want, or stick with the 06, And another thing tell your guide to slow down if you need to, they get paid to satisfy you on your hunt, not necessarily overexert, or blow your eardrums out!!!
That is a very nice deer, but to HAVE to make a shot like that, I would have passed, and had a little talk with the guide and the ranch owner!
Somehow rushing up and down mountains just to get a running shot at a deer that doesn't make the book, just doesn't set right with me. I have'nt ever been on a guided hunt, so I really can't say from experience, but sounds like you may have got a few of the bad ones, and that shouldn't spoil your next guided hunt. Maybe one day I will be able to afford to go out west an hunt but for now I'll stick to Whitetails!