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outstanding .... looking forward to hearing the story that goes with it

Nice, also looking forward to hearing the story !

Wow! Big moose...congrats...

Yikes! I want to hear the story, too. And, where's the rest of him?

Ya Antlers in the tree tops by who goosed the moose. Im like Paul Harvey where is the rest of the story

you got a nice rifle rack out of that moose too.

Really nice!!!! Story?

Several friends and I have a moose camp location that's located at exactly the intersection coordinates of not gonna tell ya and it's a secret. Middle of Alaska. It doesn't produce monsters, but it consistently produces legal meat. We usually go in with the goal of 1 or 2 moose to split among the 4 families. This year was a tough one - broken machines riding in and more. As to the moose, it was day 4 and this bull finally came in to all of our calling. It was my buddies turn to shoot. We rotate every moose, so it's often several years before you get to shoot it, which is fine as the primary purpose is getting meat. It'd likely be more competitive if we were pulling 70" bulls out of their. Anyway, at 311 yards the moose turned broadside and my buddy launched his .300winmag downrange. Great hit on the left side, both lungs and definitely lethal. Without bone or brain being struck, the moose turned and started walking into heavy brush which is way not cool when skinning one of those. Hoping to stop the movement into heavy alders, I fired the Henry, holding high on his hump - I'm zeroed at 200 yards, 4" high at 100 and 22" low at 300 - and hit almost the same spot on the right side. He immediately went down with a broken shoulder and we avoided the heavy brush. We had our bull! In that area, the moose must be 50" or more, or have 4 or more brow tines, or be a spike/fork little guy. We always look for 4 or more brow tines, as judging for 50" at 300 yards or more can be iffy. The sizes out of there over the past few years have been 46", 49 1/2", 52", etc with one 59 1/2". I've even seen sheds of only about 36", but still with 4 brow tines. That's one reason we really like this area. There's a genetic trait passed on around there that keeps the 4 brow tine feature going strong. This paid off again, as this one was 49 1/2" (1/2" shy of the required 50"), but had the 4 tines. Several hours of skinning, butchering, hauling, swatting mosquitos and we were back in camp. At that distance, penetration of the Hornady 325gr wasn't the best, but it did the job by breaking that shoulder and getting into the vitals as well. It was stretching it for sure, as I was only along as a backup and hoping for 250yd or closer shots, but knowing my drop and knowing the moose was already hit, I was confident in taking the shot. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

OUTSTANDING ... a kill shot out of your 45-70 on a moose at 300 yards .... OUTSTANDING indeed