moosemike

Four or Five unless I hunt Moose that year. When I get a Moose I don't even care if we get a deer or not.

Hard to beat Federal, Remington, and Winchester for deer in anything between .24 and .35 caliber. Shoot at least 100 grains of bullet and you'll do fine.

Good post.

A few months ago I was corresponding with Bryce Towsley the gun writer about the perfect all around cartridge for hunting in Vermont. He told me to get a .35 Whelen and reload for it. When another gun is in the budget that will be an option I consider.

I think it's Belvidere center where they shoot so many Moose. That's where most Moose in "C" are taken.

In Zone C I would have looked into a guide as well. I went DIY both times in D2 and got my Moose but they are more plentiful in the NEK than the rest of the state. If I would ever be drawn for C though I think I'd hunt around Belvidere. Good luck!

I don't remember.

What zone in VT? I've taken two of them in D2.

I talked to a guy one time whose bolt broke off his Remington 700 in British Columbia on the first day of his hunt. He had a backup rifle and finished the hunt out with it.

Good luck. I'd take the 9.3X62 personally. I've shot Moose with the .30-30, .30-06, and .450 Marlin and I can tell you the larger the bore, the shorter the blood trail. Moose head for water when hit and your mission is to make sure your gun is big enough to bust them down before they get there. Fishing a Moose out of a lake or river is enough to ruin the fun. Personally I'm having a hard time choosing between the .338 Win mag and the .35 Whelen for my next Moose hunt (whenever that will be). I have complete confidence in the .270 and .280 in regards for killing Moose, but I have no confidence that those guns will put one down before they get into something that you don't want to have to get them out of. A friend of mine shot a medium size bull in '09 with a .308 Winchester. The hunt was videotaped and the shot was under a hundred yards. You can see the hit and it looked good. You can see the Moose go down at the shot. Then you see him get back up and run off and they never saw him again. They had a good blood trail but there was nothing on the other end of it. A .45-70 would have made all the difference.

I wouldn't like to trust a .300 mag on a Brownie hunt. I know it would work but it's my life and I only have one so a .338 Win. Mag witha heavy Partition would be my choice. Backup rifle would be a .300 Weatherby though.

Very interesting read.

Jack O' used the .270 extensively in Africa. As for the .243 just use a 100 grain soft point and you'll kill that bear too.

Theres no better deer gun than a .270 loaded with ANY 130 grain bullet. FWIW I'm not running my 125's at full throttle but at 2,900 fps. You can kill a deer cleanly with a .22-250 and 55 grain soft points so if Accelerators were accurate in a .30-06 I'm sure they'd kill a deer as well. I know a guy who loads 110 hp's in his .30-06 and kills deer with aplomb. I know another guy who gets his deer every year with a .243 and 75 grain varmint loads. Says he never has had to track a deer.

Yes. On the Nosler 125 grain BT box it reads; for deer and antelope.

Yes, I'm fully aware of the SD of the bullet. I've also killed deer with roundballs fired from muzzleloaders which have a worse SD. The 125 Nosler outpenetrates the 150 Core-Lokt in my tests and I've killed deer cleanly with the 150 CL. It just isn't that hard to get adequate penetration to kill a deer.

They are excellent rifles. The triggers break like an icicle and my .270 was very accurate. I sold it to buy a Ruger .270 but the Marlin shot better.

I actually get better penetration during tests from the 125 grain Nosler BT than I do from the 150 grain Core-Lokt.

These have been circulating for years. Still funny though. ;D

125 Nosler BT's in a .30-06. First year using this load.

I see they list the 165 as optimal in the .30-06. I've always avoided that weight because I see it as a compromise. For game up to deer I like 125-150 grain bullets and for Elk and Moose I like 180-220 grain loads.

I have a friend in Vermont who uses a .300 Weatherby magnum. Go figure.

I think the .270 is the best for deer but I hunt mostly with a .30-06 I like. I've switched from the 150 and 180 grain loads for deer and now I'm using 125 Nosler BT's. We'll see how they do on deer. The reviews are good for this bullet.

Here in PA herd reduction has been in place for the last ten years I believe. After the first few years everybody was crying the deer were wiped out and we have to shorten rifle season or ban doe hunting. At that time I was with them on the doe hunting. Then someone explained to me that the deer were still out there you just can't hunt them the same ways you did in the past or even the same places as in the past. I changed my tactics. I started hunting suburban areas near homes (but a legal distance away) and when I hunt the mountains I go pretty far back in away from the parking lots and crowds. I pay far more attention to the active food sources now and far more attention to the wind. And I learned the deer are still here in good numbers. Rifle season doesn't need shortened and doe hunting doesn't need banned, I just needed to change my approach.

Thank you. He had quit hunting some years ago.