Too bad on the weather and not getting your trophy JD! Well I never got a booner or even close but I am pretty happy how the season on a whole went i got a freezer full of meat, lots of memories of good times, yet learned more and did get a little bone to hang. Our moose hunt turned out pretty well given poor weather and lots of hunters, we had fog for the first 2 days, snow for 3 days and darn cold -30 for the last 2 days - but the bucks were moving all week. We focused on moose till thursday and ended up harvesting 3 calf out of our crew of 6 in the bull/calf season. We saw only one bull on tuesday but the guy missed...how do you miss a moose[&o]..I guess it happens. We came home with deer as well, nothing huge but some respectable bucks. I filled my second either with a 5x5 bush buck on friday by rattling a swamp in the cold -30 weather at midday. Finished off the season on a busted up 5x in forest fringe.

2003 elk and buddies buck:

Bush buck rattled out:

Forest fringe buck 2003

Nice pics Skeeter! Looks like it was a successful season for you and your buddies. Well, here's to next year and whatever it holds...
By the way, what are you using for loads in your 7mm? I'm lookin for new loads to try...JDinAB

Thanks JD...I agree here's to next year!!!

Moose & Elk - I usually go with failsafe or nosler parts but this year couldn't get the reloads to group in 140 or 160 so I went with the 154Gr Hornady Interlokts SP and they performed very well. Accuracy was sub 1"/100. They were handloaded as well (I don't handload yet, just got a guy who loads for me right now). I will probably try and get back to the failsafes or similar next fall as I have always had excellent results from these bullets on the bigger critters...the interlockts worked but I think they might be a bit fragile for elk to be considered my goto bullet.

Deer - I use Nosler Ballistic Tips or Hornady SST's. Both bullets have performed flawlessly in the field and on the range for me over the years in a variety of calibers and grs. In the 7mm rem mag I personally like the 150's but I know others find the 140's good. I was hoping to try the accubond(nosler) and Interbond(Hornady) this fall but didn't have time...those will be my next trail/error bullets for deer. Again in 150 grains.

How about U???

I used to use Federal premium 165 BTSP until this year. I have only hand loaded one type so far and it's shooting pretty well. I'm using 69 gr. of H-1000 powder and 162 gr. SST's. I really like the SST's and the bullet weight, so I don't think that will change to anything smaller or bigger, but I do want to try different powders. I found the 165's worked great for all the animals I hunted so the 162's are right up my alley. Thanks for the input & all the best in the new year....JDinAB