Neck shot Bull Moose. Bad Round????

[demontang]

Bullet construction might have something to do with it

I know the noslers I use are pretty tough and the expansion is great. I have recovered one and it traveled almost the length of a mule deer down its spine and it had enough power to break the rear hip in to a million pieces , it was just under the hide when I found it.

[PA BEN]

Just got home yesterday I did find the bullet and have the neck bone. When I boil it out and clean it up I'll post pictures of them both. I have to find some one with a scales to get the bullet wt.

[demontang]

Nice bull

[shag]

IMO neck shots are not a good shot to take.  I've seen 4 and heard of dozens of hunters that nail a deer in the neck it drops in it's tracks.  They start high fivin and walk up to the buck.  Set their rifle down and wtf the deer jumps up and runs off.   First time I saw it happen my pards buck jumped up about the time his knife came out to gut.  The deer had a hole the size of a baseball in it's neck.  is gun was unloaded at this point ad mine was against a tree 3-4 yrds away.  Beleive it or not.  That deer was never found.

If a neck shot is the only shot I have, I'll take it.  Just my   

That is a great bull, congrats!!!!

What brand bullet were ya using.   Couldn't of been a partition or a TSX.

[PA BEN]

Rem. factory round. 175 gr. Core Lock, 7MM-REM. Mag. at 37 yds. I boiled out the neck bone and found that the bullet didn't make it to the bone. He was facing away, I centred on the back of his neck, the bullet just missed the Processes, (the ridge bones on the vertebra), and ended up in the tendion/sinew in between the vertebra. The hair, hide and 9 to 12" of soled neck meat, took the impact of the bullet. I do believe if it hit the Processes he would have droped. I'll post pict.s of the bullet later today.

[PA BEN]

Here's the bullet.

[bowsandhose]

thats one tough animal

[Lowedog]

I would say the bullet expanded on impact and spent most of it's energy through out that thick hide and muscle before reaching the spine.  A bullet like the Barnes TSX would have probably penetrated through the spinal cord and even further causing more internal damage and shock.

-Lowedog

[Intruder]

Bullet integrity doesn't look too good... hard to say but weight retention looks to be less than 50%. 

[WDFW-SUX]

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This is one of the reasons I shoot Barnes bullets

[Intruder]

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This is one of the reasons I shoot Barnes bullets

me too

[Curly]

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This is one of the reasons I shoot Barnes bullets

me too

me three

I would say the bullet expanded on impact and spent most of it's energy through out that thick hide and muscle before reaching the spine.  A bullet like the Barnes TSX would have probably penetrated through the spinal cord and even further causing more internal damage and shock.

-Lowedog

+1

Great pics and congrats on the bull.  Good thing you connected with the next two shots.

[demontang]

Looks like the bullet shead to much weight to get a clean kill. I will put a pic up of my accubound I recovered, it still has 70%+ of its weight left and is a nice mushroom.

[snipekillr]

I like to put the bullet right in the front shoulder and into the heart thats my favorite. It will drop them in there tracks.

[popeshawnpaul]

We had a thread on here earlier asking if someone, who was going to hunt moose, had enough bullet.  At the time, I stated that the bigger the better as there is thick hide, big bones, etc. that the bullet has to deal with.  Yeah, if you hit it in the soft vitals then even a .243 can do the trick.  But what happens when the angle is tough or you need to get a shot in on the neck.  I'm an advocate for bigger is better if you can shoot it well.  I used a 225 grain bullet and if I had to do it again, I might consider a 250 grain bullet for my .358.  This doesn't happen if the bullet used is larger.  It can't hurt...