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Old 12-28-2004 | 06:59 PM
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vtbuckrulrss
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Default RE: Maine Moose with bow or Blackpowder?

let me give you some advice: use the biggest, baddest thing you have handy. i got drawn in vt this year. i asked an uncle of mine, who used to live and hunt in alaska, what to use. he thought my .06 would be just fine( it was), but that i had to step up my bullets. i ended up buying federal premiums, nosler tipped, 180 grains. found a cow moose, standing at 60 yards or so, broadside. she took the first chunk of lead with a shrug of her shoulders. she took the second the same way, then she crossed the stream. the third one caught on the opposite side, quartering away from me, and she finally went down. imagine this, the first two double lunged her, about four inches about from each other, yet she was still on her feet. like a lot of people have told me, keep flinging the lead until they go down, you don't want to have to chase one. leave the bow and smokepole to home, come ready for some work. and apply for n.h., you stand a better chance in the draw than you do in maine.
Pat
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