No doubt in my mind Elk are much tougher to drop and hunt in general than moose. My first hand experience has yielded most moose without a step and if they do they don' t go far. Elk on the other hand seem to run at the shot and while I have yet to lose one I consider them the toughest to bring down as far as big game I hunt regularily.

However I by far don' t think moose are stupid or the clumbsy beast, like they look. Being I hunt them annually with the bow they have earned a lot of respect in my mind for agility, stealth and smarts in the bush. Now maybe those who only have hunted rifle for either game wouldn' t agree, but you try and get a bull moose to close that 100 yard gap you need and you' ll know where I am coming from.