Puttin the smackdown on Alaskan moose with the .30-.30

[1899b]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xZsgwPlLM0

[yamaha 1]

Cool show...and with the right shot placement and if you get close enough a guy can put almost anything on the ground. nice moose 62" way cool.

[timsesink]

Great link, thanx!

[Sooner]

I really didnt expect the moose to react that way on the first shot. Figured he was going to have to unload the gun on him. Cool video, what do you think, shot in the heart to go down that fast?

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by Sooner

I really didnt expect the moose to react that way on the first shot. Figured he was going to have to unload the gun on him. Cool video, what do you think, shot in the heart to go down that fast?

Heart shots do mot m=normally drop a large animal like that, spinal shots will .However,There s always the exception the the rule .....
Cat

[jimbo1]

how on earth did he drop that moose without some kind of ultra supermag???

[Bobby B.]

C'mon guys, get serious. It's friggin obvious that this video has been doctored. Just like the BOTW videos are all doctored. How many moose did this wannabe hunter wound and lose before the one on the video? Yeah, and the one in the video was probably shot with a 375 H+H and not the pipsqueek 30-30 they want us to believe killed the moose. Every expert on this forum knows a 243 can't kill deer so how the heck can a lowly 30-30 kill a huge Alaskan moose. Well, maybe if he was using them triple shocks boolits.

Hopefully, there's sufficient emoticons so everyone will know I'm only kidding....

Bobby B.

[209x50]

Originally Posted by Bobby B.

C'mon guys, get serious. It's friggin obvious that this video has been doctored. Just like the BOTW videos are all doctored. How many moose did this wannabe hunter wound and lose before the one on the video? Yeah, and the one in the video was probably shot with a 375 H+H and not the pipsqueek 30-30 they want us to believe killed the moose. Every expert on this forum knows a 243 can't kill deer so how the heck can a lowly 30-30 kill a huge Alaskan moose. Well, maybe if he was using them triple shocks boolits.

Hopefully, there's sufficient emoticons so everyone will know I'm only kidding....

Bobby B.

[1899b]

Glad you folks enjoyed it. Still bothers me today when folks call a .30-.30 nothin but a popgun. It can certainly do the job if you do your part.

[sunsetrider2011]

the 30-30 has taken more big game animals along with the 303 brit, than any other big game rifle built, they were die hard bush and saddle guns of the yesteryears and are still a viable hunting cartridge in the right hands. if one so cared to experience the hunt at its best

[jimbo1]

it said they also did a grizzly bear hunt with the 30 30 is there a vid for that too?

[1899b]

I haven't found the grizz one yet.

[TBark]

Good stuff.
The sniffing the underwear thing wasn't necessary though, ha.

TBark

[rem338win]

That was awesome.

[crownb]

Originally Posted by Bobby B.

C'mon guys, get serious. It's friggin obvious that this video has been doctored. Just like the BOTW videos are all doctored. How many moose did this wannabe hunter wound and lose before the one on the video? Yeah, and the one in the video was probably shot with a 375 H+H and not the pipsqueek 30-30 they want us to believe killed the moose. Every expert on this forum knows a 243 can't kill deer so how the heck can a lowly 30-30 kill a huge Alaskan moose. Well, maybe if he was using them triple shocks boolits.

Hopefully, there's sufficient emoticons so everyone will know I'm only kidding....

Bobby B.

Sorry Bobby you are horribly wrong before I retired my 243 and passed it down to my wife I killed 7 bull moose to many deer to count and two bull elk.The only animal I lost was a mule buck that stepped in a hole just before I shot. Since my wife has claimed my 243 she has shot at 3 bull moose and killed all three the furthest being 281 yards.I know you are only kidding but there are to many who believe this and call me an inhumane hunter for shooting to small of a rifle,I say the proof is in the freezer.

[fordtruckin]

ahh Gotta love the video of Lake Hood Seaplane Base. Got my pilots license there... As for the 3030, yup definately alot of game taken with it. Just cause it ain't the latest super nitro mag don't mean it ain't gunna work. There's a reason its been around for over 100 years and still this popular!

[Bobby B.]

Originally Posted by crownb

Sorry Bobby you are horribly wrong before I retired my 243 and passed it down to my wife I killed 7 bull moose to many deer to count and two bull elk.The only animal I lost was a mule buck that stepped in a hole just before I shot. Since my wife has claimed my 243 she has shot at 3 bull moose and killed all three the furthest being 281 yards.I know you are only kidding but there are to many who believe this and call me an inhumane hunter for shooting to small of a rifle,I say the proof is in the freezer.

Huh? Horribly wrong? How? Please explain.

Bobby B.

[Jameson340]

Originally Posted by Bobby B.

Huh? Horribly wrong? How? Please explain.

Bobby B.

Let me guess, you hunt deer with a .300 ultra mag. Bobby?

[Bobby B.]

Originally Posted by Jameson340

Let me guess, you hunt deer with a .300 ultra mag. Bobby?

Nope, a 260. I knew I should have put more emoticons in my first post. I often overestimate some member's reading comprehension levels. I guess you are one of them. Hope that's sufficient.

Bobby B.

[1899b]

Originally Posted by Bobby B.

Nope, a 260. I knew I should have put more emoticons in my first post. I often overestimate some member's reading comprehension levels. I guess you are one of them. Hope that's sufficient.

Bobby B.

lol

[Zuludog]

Guys, Bobby was being sarcastic. If you read the bottom line he says, "He's only kidding".

[1899b]

Amazes me how handgun hunting is very common in the states or when i see a salmon fisherman with a .44mag on his hip that is all well and good, but when your in the bush with a .30-.30 Winchester with a 20" barrel shooting a 170 grain bullet at 2200fps its under powered and a waste of time among the whizz bang crowd. I have shot and hunted with everything from a.38-55, .308, .30-06, .257 Weatherby Mag to a .338 Win Mag as well as a .45-70 but i am enamoured by the old classic. Heck last fall 3 tags were filled using a .300 Win Mag but everything killed was under 200 yards so why not carry a nice slim compact .30.-.30 with a good handload??

[Alberta Bigbore]

That was a great watch...thanks for posting the vid

[wasteland.soldier]

Originally Posted by crownb

Sorry Bobby you are horribly wrong before I retired my 243 and passed it down to my wife I killed 7 bull moose to many deer to count and two bull elk.The only animal I lost was a mule buck that stepped in a hole just before I shot. Since my wife has claimed my 243 she has shot at 3 bull moose and killed all three the furthest being 281 yards.I know you are only kidding but there are to many who believe this and call me an inhumane hunter for shooting to small of a rifle,I say the proof is in the freezer.

Originally Posted by Bobby B.

Nope, a 260. I knew I should have put more emoticons in my first post. I often overestimate some member's reading comprehension levels. I guess you are one of them. Hope that's sufficient.

Bobby B.

Lol. Oh the Internet. Where nobody really reads anything.

Ps, not trying to be a jerk, just thought the exchange was funny.

[tullfan]

The buck I shot this past season didn't know he was shot with a 30/30. He was just as dead as the bear I shot with the 300wsm.
This years bear hunt will be with my .30.30 and iron sights.Should be fun.

Tullfan

[Flight01]

Sure the 30-30 can do the job. If you always call moose in or hunt thick woods the 30-30 is all you need under 100 yards and handles well. I've shot a black bear at 50 yards one shot drop like a sack of potatoes. Shot a big doe one year at 130 yards, again One shot kill. Just knocked her right over not a step. I have bigger flatter shooting options for moose but would feel comfortable out to 100 yards with my 30-30

I really enjoyed that show and the way the moose reacted after being shot. Sure sign of a solid hit. Great shot placement and the 190 buffalo bores are probably a little hotter than the average factory loads. Waiting for the grizzly hunt next

[Pincherguy]

I have one, use it as a back up rifle for the most part. Finished off a black bear, and shot probabaly the best bull elk I have ever shot with it. One of the best rifles I own. I never go on any big hunt without it. It is like having that little redhead, oh never mind.

[Huntsman]

I had just been posted to Cold Lake 2001, So in order to hunt the big'ns up there I had to buy a new rifle. So I got me a Win model 70/30-06.
I was just stepping out of my truck along side a dirt road gathering my gear to go take a walk. A beater truck pulls up along side me and stops. A freindly old native fellar (in his 60's I'm sure) gets to chatting. He says what are ya after, moose? I said yep. What'ya using? I replied, 30-06!
He rubs his chin and says, I only ever used a thuddy-thuddy.
"Nice" I say back.
Its funny how the most popular hunting rifles; 30-30, 303Brit, 300 Savage and the like have all been shoved aside for the better faster wizz bang pop of a cartridge.

That video of buddy from Trophy Quest killing a moose intrigued me and got me to thinking about that native fellar. We are guilty of following the constant improvements of cartridges & calibers. Maybe not to the same extent as others but its there.
I've since settled for my .54 cal shooting a 230gr round ball.
The moose I shot last fall with my .300 WM TC Pro-Hunter could have easily been taken with my 30-30 or even better my .54 with a 70yd shot.

With only 7 days out of the season to hunt I did'nt want to chance it and go undergunned.........
I'm casting my own 173gr bullets with gas check for my 30-30 and so far have had success with my groups. It did it back then surely it can do it today.

[Big Grey Wolf]

Guys, just to set the record, a previous trapper friend shoots his moose each year with his 22 and long rifle shells, Just shoots them in the lungs, leaves them for a few hours then comes back and dresses them out. Just happens to be carrying 22 for his trapline and finds it sufficient to get his annual meat supply.

[jryley]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

Guys, just to set the record, a previous trapper friend shoots his moose each year with his 22 and long rifle shells, Just shoots them in the lungs, leaves them for a few hours then comes back and dresses them out. Just happens to be carrying 22 for his trapline and finds it sufficient to get his annual meat supply.