Is my bow good enough for moose hunting?

ChrisPy said:

Your set will work, shoot straight, shoot true have sharp broad heads. I have only got a few with my bow, they did not go over 20 yards. The cool part is when you hold on a moose is all your pins are in the kill, 35 yards is the longest I have shot a moose at. Have fun

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ChrisPy said:

Your set will work, shoot straight, shoot true have sharp broad heads. I have only got a few with my bow, they did not go over 20 yards. The cool part is when you hold on a moose is all your pins are in the kill, 35 yards is the longest I have shot a moose at. Have fun

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nuval.J2711 said:

Not questioning your skills, I heard that moose hunts are successful 1/13 years. I was just wanting to know if that's true

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ChrisPy said:

We have a open season for moose and elk. I have not shot anything in five years at home ,when you have two kids hunting, dad just gets to find the animals

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ChrisG said:

I only hunt with a traditional 55lb recurve bow so I tend to think entirely in terms of arrow weight since my bows upper limit with any weight arrow is about 180 fps. I shoot a 600 grain arrow for deer and bear. Wood shaft and 235 grain broadhead that looks like this:

I only use it for Deer and Black Bear, but it cuts through light bone like a broadsword through a prairie dog. At about 155 fps, it plows right on through and never stays in the animal. I wouldn't try a punching through a shoulder blade on anything bigger or tougher than deer with it though... not only might it not punch through and wound, but bear and even moose can become dangerous when wounded.

Now that you know where I am coming from, I think your setup will absolutely work! You have enough draw weight for a modern bow. The arrow weight seems a good to me but I would rather have it be too heavy and punch right through, albeit a little slower and closer.

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nuval.J2711 said:

As many may know, I shoot a Bear Attitude 60# 27inch draw slinging a 425 grain arrow, not sure of the speed though. The legal limit for moose in Ontario is 54# and I have been worried that my bow, being barely over the limit, will not have the energy output required to go through the shoulders if needed. Is this something I should be concerned about?

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BRICKBURN said:

Just get close enough and use a knife.

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ChrisPy said:

We have a open season for moose and elk. I have not shot anything in five years at home ,when you have two kids hunting, dad just gets to find the animals

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Wildside Outdoors said:

@ChrisPy, is this public ground, or private? Been wanting to do a DIY moose hunt for a while.

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Lrntolive said:

Can you put five arrows in a pie plate at 40 yards? If yes, I'd say you're good.

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mrpoindexter said:

I think you are going to be able to do it but I would look at getting more power if possible. I just got back from Africa and shot several animals with my 61lb Mathews No-Cam. I was shooting a 391 grain arrow with a 28" draw length compared to your 27" and the bow is a 330FPS IBO speed bow compared to your Bear's 310 IBO speed. A heavier arrow would have helped a bit with penetration but my arrow was not that much lighter than yours. I was also shooting Montec CS broadheads like you.

I got pass through shots on a kudu and zebra and 3 animals without pass throughs (blue wildebeest, another zebra, eland). One zebra we tracked for miles (our walking distances) and couldn't find even though I was sure I had a kill shot. The wildebeest ran off with a mortal shot and had to be tracked for hours. The eland died but I had to sneak up and put a second arrow in him to speed up the process.

If I were to do it again, I would still use the Montec broadheads - they were great. For the smaller game I shot (bushbuck, impala) the 60lb bow was easily enough. For the larger ones, I would like either 70lb limbs on my No-cam, or get a faster IBO speed bow (looking at the Halon which is 15fps faster) and even then might get 70lb limbs and just dial them down to 60-65 lbs. Your moose is going to be about as big as my eland and while I was able to successfully take him down with a 60lb bow, if I was sitting in a blind and another came by and I had to grab a bow and had a 60lb bow or a 70lb bow, I would take the 70lb for the eland. If I was going after a moose, I would want just a little bit more power than I get with my 60lb if that was an option. It is just going to increase the chances of a pass through that makes tracking so much easier (and they don't seem to run as far) and also give a little more room for error if my arrow strays and bumps a large bone.

Just my two cents.

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mrpoindexter said:

Hey, that's life on the zebra. Luckily, there was more than 1 zebra in Africa so I found another one. I hope your moose hunt goes well. I will certainly be getting more power for my next trip because the cost of upgrading my bow will be less than the cost of losing even one animal to insufficient penetration.

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