my experience
You will likely be taking the moose well within your comfortable deer ranges. I like a 165 all purpose or you'd do even better busting him through the shoulders with a 180gr. Moose can take a good hit and walk into some nasty cover or bog making a nightmare of harvesting them. And some can show little sign of a hit, but if you've heard the expression,'stiffen up like a wounded moose', its true. After your shot, relax and mark the spot you hit em at and where he ran. Don't move for at least 15 honest minutes' then follow super slowly looking for sign, using trees as pausing spots. Chances are if you hit him non fatally, he has not gone far and made a j hooking and is facing downhill or at watching his back trail. Look hard and slow and chances are you'll see him facing your way, between a couple of trees a couple feet apart. God I miss moose hunting and breaded seasoned moose steaks. Mabey a couple more years. Have fun
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