moose bullets
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wichita Kansas USA
Posts: 699
moose bullets
I am going to Canada to moose hunt next fall. I am currently planning on using a 7 mag with 165 boat tail bullets. Is this adequate or should I use larger and switch to a nosler partition? Thanks for your input.
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pickering Ontario Canada
Posts: 153
RE: moose bullets
Kansas Where you coming to in Canada?? I hunt moose up here and would say use a premium bullet. moose have big bones and muscles and you want maximum penetration to take out the boiler room!
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: WESTPORT IN USA
Posts: 8
RE: moose bullets
165 would be fairly good, but 175 would be better. Use a premium bullet such as nosler, barnes, bear claws or A-frame. I used the Barnes 180's XLC last year on moose and it dropped him in his tracks with my 30-06. The Hornady light magnums with the new bonded bulles would be good or the Remington Safari grade.
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: AK
Posts: 252
RE: moose bullets
In my opinion, a premium bullet with a weight of 150 grains or more will work just fine. While a moose is big, they are rather easy to kill. It just takes them a moment to realize that part. =) Shot a bull last year with a 180 grain fail safe out of my 300 WSM, and shot one the year before with a 200 grain Barnes X out of a 300 Win. Mag.
#8
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gillam MB Canada
Posts: 48
RE: moose bullets
Premium bullet. Nosler is hard to beat. What area of Canada are you hunting in? I go for the boiler room with the first shot and then the shoulder for the second. Hope then they realize their dead and don't make it further into the swamp.
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Toronto Canada
Posts: 300
RE: moose bullets
Any premium bullet will do. I would recommend heavier than lighter, but most importantly find a bullet that gives you accuracy. Shot placement is more important.
I use nosler partitions and winchester failsafes. Both work well.
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I use nosler partitions and winchester failsafes. Both work well.
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