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Moose with my muzzy?
« on: June 19, 2019, 10:22:36 PM »
Hey guys I know it's been a long time since I've really contributed much to this forum but I've been reading everything everyone's been posting. That being said I was lucky enough to draw a 49 degrees north early any antlered moose tag with a good buddy of mine. We are both concidering attempting to take our moose with our muzzleloaders since that has been the weapon we have both had the most success with and the weapon I'm most comfortable with. My question is if it were you what bullet would you choose? Right now I have a thompson center black diamond that I've dialed in with a 290 grn Barnes tmz in front of 80 grns of 777 ffffg or 100 grns of fffg. That I'm comfortable shooting out to 150 yards. In fact the last elk I harvested with this combo was back in 2016 with 140 yard head shot on a bedded bull. https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,202359.msg2685887.html#msg2685887   I'm wondering what your thoughts are? Should would try to find a heavier bullet that might carry more kinetic energy down range on such a large animal. Do I even need a heavier bullet? Or should I stick with what I know has preformed great for me in the past on deer and elk.
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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2019, 10:25:27 PM »
 Shoot whatever you are accurate and comfortable with, no need to overthink it. :twocents:
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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2019, 10:27:01 PM »
That 290 grain Barnes is perfect! And if it's worked for you on elk, it will certainly work for moose. Now if you had said a 250 grain, I probably would have said step up to at least the 290. And 290 grains in a standard lead bullet would be too light. But in a Barnes 100% copper bullet, I can't imagine needing anything more.

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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2019, 10:28:36 PM »
Thanks phool kind of what I was thinking. Still in shock about this hunt. I just finished reading the thread on your moose hunt. Man sounds like you had quite the adventure.
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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2019, 10:32:36 PM »
Thanks phool kind of what I was thinking. Still in shock about this hunt. I just finished reading the thread on your moose hunt. Man sounds like you had quite the adventure.

 You guys will be just fine, congrats on the draw! :tup:
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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2019, 11:09:48 PM »
plenty of bullet for moose. For as large as they are they are not very tough animal to take down

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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2019, 11:19:18 PM »
Yep. That sounds like a good combo. I love those Barnes muzzy bullets, they are tough and do their job in a much wider range of conditions than most other easily found bullet.

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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2019, 12:38:44 AM »
Should be just fine

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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2019, 04:34:55 AM »
Thanks phool kind of what I was thinking. Still in shock about this hunt. I just finished reading the thread on your moose hunt. Man sounds like you had quite the adventure.

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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2019, 05:55:07 AM »
This should be fun. I’m going to do the same on my moose this year. Good luck and keep us posted on how you do

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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2019, 06:24:40 AM »
 Thanks everyone. This should be a lot of fun. I can't wait to get over there and start scouting.  If anyone has taken a moose with their muzzleloader your more then welcome to post pictures and let us know what your setup was
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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2019, 06:29:54 AM »
I've killed a couple with my longbow, I'm pretty sure you can smack one with the ole stuff pipe.

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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2019, 07:09:49 AM »
Congrats on the buddy draw.

2 smoke pole bulls sounds like a heck of an adventure
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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2019, 08:25:17 AM »
I’m sure that setup will work just fine with good shot placement.
Here’s a little muzzy encouragement  :)
« Last Edit: June 20, 2019, 09:36:07 AM by starbailey »

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Re: Moose with my muzzy?
« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2019, 09:23:23 AM »
Imoa moose give up way easier than elk. So using your elk setup should be more than enough.
 

 


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