My First Moose Hunt

[CharlieNC]

Just booked my first moose hunt, Newfoundland! This is on the heels of finishing my first Savage project; a 338-06 McGowan, SSS trigger and recoil lug, and my self-customized Boyd laminate/bedded stock. This has been a great project with much valuable research from this board. Still working on the 225gr Interbond and Interlock loads; anyone got a pet moose load? Yes I have now officially become a SavageHo; ordered a 25-06 barrel for the smaller chores.

[dcloco]

Not supposed to shoot "pet moose". :)

Congrats on the hunt. Pictures will follow I hope!

[Uncle Jack]

+1

You shoot my pet moose and there's gonna be trouble.

uj

[CharlieNC]

Please be sure to put a "Property of xxx" sign on your pet so I can be sure to avoid him; otherwise fair game! Pictures will surely follow; the test will be to see if you can tell the difference between the bull and the BSer.

[BobT]

Charlie,
Try some Nosler 210 Partitions ahead of IMR 4350 in WW .30/06 cases with WLR primers, I forget the exact load at the moment but it is straight from the Nosler manual. I got great velocity and accuracy with single digit SD and ES numbers.

Bob

[Uncle Jack]

All kidding aside, if you are successful, you will have a couple hundred pounds of the best tasting game meat on the planet.

uj

[CharlieNC]

Leaving Friday! Settled on 225gr Hornady Interlocks in front of 59.5gr H414 after trying many others.

[stevec]

Good luck Charlie! Cant wait to see some pics!


Steve

[CharlieNC]

Got approx 800lb bull-moose with average 40" rack first morning; brother-in-law shot large cow that afternoon. First day 6/10 hunters took a moose; by Thurs when we left 8/10 successful; no doubt the last 2 scored afterwards. Newfoundland is full of moose! The main surprise is the landscape is deceiving; difficult to travel with all the water/mud and spruce thickets. Back in Charlotte with freezer FULL of good meat. The 338-06 225gr Hornady Interlock did it's job, blowing a large hole completely through at 200+ yards; very satisfied with this as big-game tool which is also a pleasure to shoot. Got to think about an elk hunt for next year.

[Elkbane]

If you're planning for Elk next year, now's a good time to do it. Check the application deadlines for the states that are in the running, 'cause in most of them, you can;t buy over-the-counter tags anymore (maybe except Colorado for some zones).

Good deal on the Moose. Our company manages 300k acres of timberland property in Northern Maine and can't seem to draw a tag there......people hunting all over the place on our land and we can't get a tag; you'd think you could get landowner permits or something.
Elkbane