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.

 

[Pharmseller]

I know moose are way bigger than elk but I watched this one die after getting shot at 409 yards by a 150 ELDX from my nephew’s 7mm-08.

 

[Northof51]

Factory Nosler 140 gr accubond at 200 yards. Took 2 shots but he was walking dead on the first. I just parted ways with my 7 mag because the 7mm-08 works fine for everything.

 

[Pharmseller]

If they’re standing, I’m shooting.

 

[KenLee]

If they’re standing, I’m shooting.

"I thought I saw his ear twitch"

 

[Pharmseller]

"I thought I saw his ear twitch"

True story, I shot a big 5x5 one year, then put another one in him when he was on the ground because I thought he was gonna get back up. I couldn’t allow that.

 

[KenLee]

True story, I shot a big 5x5 one year, then put another one in him when he was on the ground because I thought he was gonna get back up. I couldn’t allow that.

My Daddy had a bad heart and started having heart attacks at 40, when I was 2.
I started hunting with him when I was 5, then climbing with one piece Baker stand at 8. I was the appointed deer tracker and dragger and we learned (this was when deer were being reestablished in Upstate sc) to shoot em til they stopped moving with our shotguns. No dog hunting in Upstate.
Fast forward til when I was 10 and set out on a "stand" along a sandy road in low country SC. Dogs were running deer everywhere.
I shot a huge doe with my shotgun at 70 yards and proceeded to shoot her 3 more times as she struggled. Old timer club member on other side of the doe started screaming "stop shooting that deer, its done".
I learned they weren't too worried about em getting up cause they had 100 dogs, about 2 dozen of which were pretty good deer dogs.