Originally Posted by
Blackpowdersmoke
sh54...
I can somewhat agree on that. Having been to Maine for a visit while my son lived in the mid-coast region, I saw how dense some of the terrain can be in and around their streams and lakes. It was late May and all we did was trout fish but some of that area was very dense.
That said, A friend and his Dad drew a moose tag some years ago (2 persons on a permit) and their guide had them hunting clear cuts and I believe the one he shot was somewhere in the 150-180 yard range if I remember right. He shot it with a Colt-Sauer chambered for300 Weatherby?
So I would definitely bring along a decent .30 cal rifle in case the guide can't put me on Moose in a comfortable enough range for a .58 ML. I never did like the taste of "tag soup", especially if it costs a pile of $$. But, it's bronko's hunt, not mine.
BPS
100% agreed BPS hence why I said a rare thing to get over a 75 yard shot. I've never been lucky enough to draw a Maine tag for Moose but I have hunted whitetail in several areas of Maine many times and come upon Moose dang near every single time out. Talk about a trigger finger going into epileptic fits!!!!! One part of my brain (you know the devil and angel on each shoulder) saying "well you have "deer" tags and it IS in the deer family"
Last time I hunted Maine I counted 12 Moose roadside driving in!!! Finding them and getting in range really isn't that hard in most areas, it's getting a dang tag thats hard!