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Originally Posted by Allan H. Swanson
To clarify my post.
I have always hunted woodcock and grouse over a dog or dogs, naturally most all my shooting was close,quick sight picture,and trigger pull. Woodcock being my favorite game bird. Larger shot always seemed to do more body damage to the bird than small shot, penetration. Grouse that did not get up under foot, I just did not shoot.
For pheasant hunting in the west, my favorite gun was a Parker 12,F/F with #6's in the right barrel and #4's in the left barrel.
I guess my conclusion would be, it certainly depends what you are hunting for.
A 22 would not be a good cartridge after elk,but a 338 Winchester Mag might be a better selection.
Just my 2 cents worth
Allan
Great topic !!
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I have seen the same tendency for heavier than required loads for shooting large game as I have for grouse hunting. Many feel that a 7mm magnum class rifle is needed for moose and other large game. What they don’t take into account is that recoil with magnum loads, while sighting in at the bench, encourages flinching and many don’t sight their gun in sufficiently or practice with it.
The aboriginal largely subsistence people in far northern Saskatchewan rely mostly on old model 94 30-30 Winchesters. They kill a lot of moose with these guns and one rarely hears of a lost moose.
I hunt moose in addition to ducks, geese and huns and sharpetails. I have taken a number of them and bears with a pre- 64 Winchester model 70 .270 shooting 130 grain handloads. I have never had a moose go over 75 yards from the spot where it was hit. Accuracy and bullet placement is the key.
I became close friends with the aboriginal people. Most of my ducks, geese, other birds I shot, including moose, went to them. They appreciated that and gave me permission to hunt tribal lands and showed me the best areas for moose. They watched Stoney my setter when I disappeared a few days for moose. They are wonderful people.