Who has bowkilled a Moose?

[GoldTip]

Need some advice, want to fill my Selkirks tag this year with my bow.  Currently shooting COC Sonic broadheads, 3 blades at 125gr.  1" cutting diameter.  At 70lbs and total arrow weight going to be around 460, probably FPS running around 265-270, am I over thinking the cutting diameter aspect?  I have had great results with this broadhead on elk by the way.

[SHANE(WA)]

Sounds good to me, I know boneaddict amd phool have for sure

[boneaddict]

If it works on elk it will work on moose.  Mine are 1" I believe.  The biggest thing to remember is there are fewer options for shots.  Hit a shoulder.  YOU are done.  You wont push it through like you might on an elk.  No chest facing shots.  You have the boiler room and thats it.  Then you only have to worry about ribs.  If you have a good arrow, heavier is better obviously and a sharp head, you'll get it in.  First one was with my PSE 85pound compound with 40% let off I think.  shooting xx78s with an overdraw but still shooting 29" arrows and Satellite 125 three blades.   Second was with the Trad bow.  I suck at numbers so can't remember my arrow weight, but shooting two blade magnus stingers, 125gr on 31 inch goldtip carbons at about 80 pounds.  That set up did better than my first one.  Probably due to broadhead design.

[boneaddict]

Moose are pretty predictable.  They almost always circle at about 30 yards to try to get downwind from you.  Always have a shooting lane somewhere near downwind.  They will come in on a string but then stop at that distance and circle.  That affords you the broadside shot you will need.  Unlike muledeer though or whitetails you don't stop them with a grunt usually.  They have a mind of their own.  In the Slekirks your biggest deal is finding an area open enough.  It doesn't matter to them if they are in the thickest stuff imaginable to man, they just plow through. 
The other scenerio is they come in and don't stop.  RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU.  My Idaho moose did that and I am glad I was packing the 06.   Shot him at about 15 feet or so.  Idabooners also came in on a dead run(they can travel a long ways FAST) and he was going to kcik some ass.
One of th efirs tthings I learned, and I had to learn it several times is that you need to be ready when calling because its often not like elk where you have to foreplay them a long time to get them to come in.  They choose to come, its fast and unbelievable how quick.  They always seem to catch me when I am in th emiddle of a jungle and have no shooting lanes.  The one in AK caught me in the middle of a grassy knowl/meadow.  I was afraid he was going to see me, but it worked out. 

[bucklucky]

I wish I had the link toi the video clip where they guy stuck a bull at close range and it charged him almost nailing the guy with his horns 

[coop2424]

I wish I had the link toi the video clip where they guy stuck a bull at close range and it charged him almost nailing the guy with his horns 

I think this is the link:

[boneaddict]

Its on here somewhere.  That was one of the most well know AND RESPECTED Archery hunters to have walked this earth......

Had the same thing happen to me in AK Charlie.  I was waiting for th elast second to dodge becasue I knew soon as he saw me I was going to take a hit.  He turned just before getting to me, The big death sigh escaping the hole in his bloody side (opposite or exit side)  then he peeled and faltered and ran downhill and died.  I about *censored* my pants for multiple reasons.

[bucklucky]

Yup thats the link.

Dang Bone, that would be a scary moment, but a neet hunting memmory 

[boneaddict]

Honestly Charlie, thats the most hardcore hunting experience I have had yet to date.  From the beginning to the end.

[bucklucky]

That is something I would like to try but I dont think I am hard core enough. Id have to go with someone that has done that type of hunt before. I dont have a problem just going elk or deer hunting In washington but heading to Alaska , somewhere as mean as that place .....wow! I goto go before it becomes a guided only hunt like canada is.

[buckhorn2]

Thanks bone I have been practicing with my bow now I think I will use the gun.

[X-Force]

That was awesome footage... I dont know if i would want to be that close  

Good luck with the moose hunt

but a neat hunting memory  

 

[BC CHASER]

Holy crap that is an awesome video.  He BL lets go.  

[GoldTip]

Yep, I have seen that video of Dwight, was a very close call.  I will stick with my current broadhead set-up and simply do my best to set him up for a broadside or slight quartering away.  I was still surprised on the video that Dwight took the hard angling to shot, but hell, he's probably killed more animals with a bow than damn near anyone else on the planet, so who am I to question.

[cohoho]

I took one several years ago on a Cow tag in AK with a bow, she took two hits and just looked at me like why are you annoying me, she then went about 100-150 yards and piled up, went to her after 30-40 minutes she got up and ran an additional 200 yards..  I used rifle for Bulls from then on....