7mm-08 factory loads for moose

[FranklinBluth]

Killed my Alaska bull this year with a 6.5 PRC 147 grain ELDM. Be in range and make an accurate shot - the 7mm-08 is capable of killing a moose for sure.

 

[LeftyWilbury]

under 200 yards i would shoot whatever bullet shot well out of my rifle. i use barnes 120 gr ttsx in 7-08. it's going 2970 fps out of my little savage axis. and i'd be ok using that on moose. lighter recoil, solid copper bullet is going to not break up at close range, and from MY rifles, accurate.

 

[Pilsner]

I love a 7mm-08. Literally own a dozen of them. Im not taking one to hunt moose.

Why not? What can't a quality 7mm bullet do at the ranges the OP is speaking of?
-Doc

 

[KenLee]

Why not? What can't a quality 7mm bullet do at the ranges the OP is speaking of?
-Doc

It can do plenty at those ranges, but I am an A#1 member of the "if something can go
wrong, it will" club. I can stalk 5 miles with the longest possible shot being 150 yards, then get to one 30 ft wide opening where you can see 400 yards. The largest moose i ever saw will be at the end of that 400 yards. It has happened to me multiple times.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

It can do plenty at those ranges, but I am an A#1 member of the "if something can go
wrong, it will" club. I can stalk 5 miles with the longest possible shot being 150 yards, then get to one 30 ft wide opening where you can see 400 yards. The largest moose i ever saw will be at the end of that 400 yards. It has happened to me multiple times.

And what makes you think the 7mm08 won’t easily kill a moose at 400 yards?

 

[KenLee]

And what makes you think the 7mm08 won’t easily kill a moose at 400 yards?

Probably because I've never done it know from experience the Barnes dont expand past 250 yards on deer from a 20 inch barrel.

 

[ChasnDreams]

It can do plenty at those ranges, but I am an A#1 member of the "if something can go
wrong, it will" club. I can stalk 5 miles with the longest possible shot being 150 yards, then get to one 30 ft wide opening where you can see 400 yards. The largest moose i ever saw will be at the end of that 400 yards. It has happened to me multiple times.

Fair enough for that reason. My dad is a classic northern WI swamp hunter, and feels that 100 yards is a long shot (we will be doing a lot of shooting prior to the trip). I can guarantee that he would not even thick about shooting a moose past 250, and will probably be hard to get him to shoot past 150.