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There seems to be an issue with Nosler 180 gr Accubonds. Last year I took a moose at 410 yards. The shot took out both lungs but there was only a tiny entry wound and no external blood. I just got back from a rough week moose hunting in Newfoundland. I shot a bull at about 325 yards down a steep...

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The rifle is a Blaser R8 Professional Success set up with 300 Win Mag and the scope is a Swarovski dS Gen. ll 5-25x52 P. The setup weighed a lot for the hiking I was doing over rough terrain. Next year I think I'm going with a lighter setup.

My guide had a pickup that took us to the end of gravel and then the ATV over a really rough rock road and then we hiked. My tracker said we walked 11.7 miles over rough Newfoundland bogs and forests in 2 days. After I shot the moose the guide hiked back and brought the ATV pretty close. He got...

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Might be a Canadian thing. The spread was 43".

We got that thing stuck twice in the bog getting down to the moose. We had to get an Argo to haul it out.

Thanks. I was really happy with that bull. It is a challenge to get to Newfoundland from Dallas but well worth it. The terrain is challenging; bogs with tamarack roots under the water to trip you up, hills between bogs and forest with water under the trees. Still a fantastic place!

The ATV got stuck twice in the bog. We had to quarter the moose and get the Argo in to get it out.

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After wanting to hunt for moose for decades I finally headed to Newfoundland Canada. I tagged this nice 18 point bull at 411 yards. We tracked this guy all one day and early the next morning got a look at him at the bottom of a hill across a bog. One shot through both lungs and he was down and...

I learned to shoot with a RH action. Reaching across the scope and having brass eject across my right eye FoV was distracting and slowed things down. For a single shot it almost doesn't matter but it does if you are making follow-on shots. As an aside, in the military my rifles were always right...

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They're relatively new and the specs and reviews are good. I have been seriously considering it and then saw your ad and paused. https://athlonoptics.com/product/spotting-scope-ares-g2-20-60x85-uhd/ My rifle scopes are Swaros.