whats your biggest game taken with a bow or gun

[regge090]

whats your game taken with a bow or gun

[billrquimby]

whats your game taken with a bow or gun

 

I assume you're talking about my largest animal, so it would have to be a moose in the Yukon. (Mature bulls are said to weigh 1,800 pounds and are 7 feet at the top of their shoulders.)

 

A Livingstone eland (Zimbabwe) at 1,500 pounds and 6 feet tall and a bison (Colorado) of about the same weight and height are tied for second.

 

The moose was killed with two shots from a .30-06; the eland with one shot from a 7 mm Remington Magnum; and the bison with one 500-grain hardened-lead paper-patched bullet from a 160-year-old .45-caliber Scottish muzzleloader.

 

Javelinas are the largest animals I've taken with bows.

 

Bill Quimby

[308Nut]

For me it was an (estimated) 1800 pound bull moose taken in the arctic circle in 1999. His rack was 61" wide and was over 40# in and of itself. The thing that stands out in my mind was that his body was so massive that his antlers looked very small. I almost didnt shoot him because I didnt think he was 50" status as the game department requires in most areas. Then I remembered I was in an 'any bull' unit and promptly shot him. I didnt even realize what I had untill I got home several days later and put a tape the the rack. Lets just say that I am 6' tall. The willows he died in were a foot or more over my head. When I saw him just before he tipped over, I could see the line of his back and all of his neck and head.

[billrquimby]

For me it was an (estimated) 1800 pound bull moose taken in the arctic circle in 1999. His rack was 61" wide and was over 40# in and of itself. The thing that stands out in my mind was that his body was so massive that his antlers looked very small. I almost didnt shoot him because I didnt think he was 50" status as the game department requires in most areas. Then I remembered I was in an 'any bull' unit and promptly shot him. I didnt even realize what I had untill I got home several days later and put a tape the the rack. Lets just say that I am 6' tall. The willows he died in were a foot or more over my head. When I saw him just before he tipped over, I could see the line of his back and all of his neck and head.

 

Moose truly are impressive animals. It's a shame they're not as wary as our little whitetails.

 

Bill Quimby

[billrquimby]

Ooops. I forgot about my Cape buffalo. Mature bulls also weigh about 1,800 pounds, but are much shorter than a big moose from the Yukon or Alaska. What they lack in height, they more than make up in orneriness and toughness. I used a .458 Winchester Magnum, and shot it seven times with solid bullets over about a 45-minute period.

 

Bill Quimby

[308Nut]

Moose truly are impressive animals. It's a shame they're not as wary as our little whitetails.

 

Bill Quimby

 

 

Why be wary when youre 10 times bigger with 40-50 pounds of bone on your head to protect you!

 

BTW, cape buffalo are even dumber than moose. Albiet they are ALOT more tempermental!

[longshooter]

My mother n law

[bowhuntaz1]

My mother n law

 

[308Nut]

My mother n law

 

 

[ultra300mag]

A 65 inch wide Alaka Yukon bull moose. Not sure what he weighed but the horns cut off the skull through the eye sockets and behind the skull weighed 85 at the time of the kill. Many pack loads to the lake. Great fun hunt.

[regge090]

wow it looks like a lot of guys be moose hunting

 

[billrquimby]

Moose truly are impressive animals. It's a shame they're not as wary as our little whitetails.

 

Bill Quimby

 

 

Why be wary when youre 10 times bigger with 40-50 pounds of bone on your head to protect you!

 

BTW, cape buffalo are even dumber than moose. Albiet they are ALOT more tempermental!

 

Agreed.

 

Bill Quimby

 

[nanoHunter]

I got a 3X3 Mule Deer w/ a Bow and a decent size Cow Elk with a Rifle.. Getting there..

[regge090]

well my is a elk i killed 2 yrs ago

[ultramag]

well my is a elk i killed 2 yrs ago

very nice bull congrats