Who has bowkilled a Moose?

[bow4elk]

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 

That was Mr. Dwight Schuh...nearly soiled himself.

[bow4elk]

I've never killed a moose, but in general, you will want to stay low in the chest, broadside or slightly quartering away ONLY.  ONLY!  Many guys shoot a tad high anyway so make a concious decision during your aiming process to hold low to avoid the dreaded shoulder blade.  You won't get through a moose blade.

[huntnphool]

My arrows are right at 380gr. tipped with a Thunderhead 85. I figured him at 30 yards and hit him right where I put the pin, dead center between the top of the back and the bottom of the chest. I'm not tall at 5'7" and the blood was face level in the bushes. The beauty of the shot was all 5 pins were on the animal at that range all I had to do was get the windage correct.

[cohoho]

Finally found the pic I was looking for, a cow archery moose, the arrow in the pic was from a fininshing shot, not the kill shot.  She did take two solid hits to the heart area and still had the power to try and get up upon reaching her 45 minutes later...  Just a cow, but still yummy...  I'll find the others here soon...

[bow4elk]

"just a cow"...any moose with a bow is a worthy harvest my friend.

[bearpaw]

Most of my hunters have taken bigger moose, but we called him into bow range and he makes the book, so I am happier than I would have been with a bigger one with a rifle.

[bearpaw]

Goldtip
I think you are over analyzing. Any good broadhead into the lungs means a full freezer.

For bowhunting you need to be there before the opener. Concentrate in the south half of the unit for the most moose. Locate your moose a day or two in advance, try to keep tabs on him from a distance. Don't spook him.............

On the day you can hunt him try to spot him in advance, move into the vacinity quietly and with wind in mind, try grunting, if you get him going and he stops a ways out to rub a tree you need to make a quick decision. Will he come closer or not?

If there's heavy cover he may likely come closer, if it's pretty open he may not come any closer. Make the decision and live with it. If you choose to move on him pay close attention to the wind. Sneak quietly, try to leave a friend back a ways occasionally grunting at him and rubbing a tree. You move on the moose every time he is busy rubbing. I arrowed mine at 12 yards this way. If you have a chance to put extra arrows in him....do it. If he wanders away give him a little time and then go find him.
Good Luck

[Vek]

They do come in quickly.  Mine blew through 8' tall willow for about 200 yards and held up at about 20, trying to figure me out.  Then, for over a minute, he sized up me, I sized up him.  I had to make sure he spread at least 50".  When I was 90% certain on width and he turned broadside, I let him have it with the rifle.  You would have had to be quick with a bow to make that one work, and there was a lot of brush to shoot through. 

[WAcoueshunter]

Vek, nice to have you back!  Always enjoy your contributions.

I don't have a ton to add, as I've only been part of one archery moose kill.  But my cousin's Switchback XT at 70 lbs., with less than 400 grains of arrow (he shoots a short arrow with 100 gr. G5's), passed through quartering away from the rear quarter to the front quarter.  A little back so not the best shot, but still did the trick no problem.  

We were in southern BC, not far from Kelowna, so similar moose to WA.  The best thing I learned from our guide was preparing for the bull's approach well before he ever gets there.  If we knew a bull was in the neighborhood, we'd keep moving til we found a good lane with correct wind, then the guide would take his knife or hand saw and clear any branches, etc., so the shooter had a clear shot into the lane.  As he'd call the bull in, he'd keep moving around to keep the lane directly between the grunting moose and himself, so the bull would come straight into the lane broadside to the shooter.  They sure can come in fast, but sometimes slow.  The bull we killed took almost two hours of calling to finally get him to pass by.  This country was really thick, with a lot of reprod.  If anything, I think the thick cover actually helped us get good opportunities (one kill, and a couple other passes on smaller bulls) because there are only small lanes/alleys for the bull to travel in.  We'd set up on those alleys, the guide would position himself to bring the bull into the alley, and viola!  We ran into a few bulls in the thick stuff as we were moving through and could never get a shot.  But if we could get set up before seeing the bull, I had a lot of confidence in our setup.  

[Bob33]

I just watched a video called "Lethal Release".  There is an outstanding section on a bull moose being killed by a bow hunter in Eastern Washington.

http://lethalrelease.com/order.htm

One of the callers on the video is Joel Turner, who was the RMEF world record elk calling champion in 2008.  He puts on seminars locally and might have additional information on moose hunting with a bow.

[BLKBEARKLR]

My first moose I ever took was with a bow. Awesome hunt shot him at 60 yards he went about 50 yards and pile up. Was shooting puckett blood trailers.