Considerations for Moose.

[436]

Moose antlers? Ain't they Palmate or palms? It's a lot easier to mount optics on a side eject Marlin. One of my considerations while reducing the small arms locker was the move to Stainless Steel Barrels. Yet I couldn't part with the Marlin Lever Actions the Spouse got me while she worked for K-Mart. It's kind of got a cult following nowadays, and many have never even seen one. So a little gun porn, just so y'all can say they exist. .30-30 K-Mart Special.

Yeah, Montgomery Ward had them as well, Western Field Mod 72C aka Marlin .30-30's lever rifles. as well as Mossberg they called theirs the Mossberg Mod 472... I grab a couple of photos off the web. I remember as a kid seeing them in Hardware stores, and in the Sears & Roebuck catalog, I think they were called Ted Williams model or something like that, it could have been Winchester 94s but... I think there were some Marlins as well at some point. Just reminiscing, that was a very long time ago. Cheers

 

[M118LR]

Oh it's time that I feel the need for a related sea story! Up-Chuck Chuck, 6-3 258 lbs of Kankakee farmer at Milspec size was my deckmate on that canoe journey to the Moose Field. He had the Model 94 30-30 on that hunt. Well the sky grew light and we both managed to get perched on our stands. Along came a Bull Moose crashing through the Maine Elders at the edge of the swale, and neither of us could camber a round as we both climbed into our stands with empty chambers for safeties sake. Last I noticed Chuck placed his Kabar between his teeth as the Moose trotted under his stand. A shot from my position to his was out of the question even if I could have brought the model 71 to bare. To shorten things, Chuck took the plunge, the moose shook his palms like if bothered by a fly, and Chuck with a grunt drove up a cloud of mushroom spores so impressive it blocked my view. . I laughed so hard I fell out of the stand. When I managed to make it over to Chuck to ensure his safety, he was asking for the best of three tumbles. LMAO. This is no $h!t! ROTFLMAO

 

[BillLarson]

Buuuut……. now you have to deal with full moose quarters! Not an issue with most elk, but a decent sized moose may be a different story!

We've been doing the "gutless" method for years….wouldn't have tried that with my last moose! memtb

I do it on adult canadian male moose.... reach in in back of ribcage for tenderloins....
unless you can't pack out hind quarters..
it is quicker and less messy...

 

[akmtnhnt]

Buuuut……. now you have to deal with full moose quarters! Not an issue with most elk, but a decent sized moose may be a different story!

We've been doing the "gutless" method for years….wouldn't have tried that with my last moose! memtb

We always do gutless on moose. Way to much trouble to do it any other way.

On one of my successful moose hunts in Canada, my guide took out a tiny chain saw to split the pelvis. I told him that he's not using a chainsaw on an animal I intend to eat. He said that it is their "moose saw" and that it only burns and uses olive oil. He split that pelvis in a matter of seconds.

Sawzall works just as well as a chainsaw. No oil and they make small ones.

Bone it out in the field and pack out meat only.

If this is an option it's the best one.

 

[memtb]

I do it on adult canadian male moose.... reach in in back of ribcage for tenderloins....
unless you can't pack out hind quarters..
it is quicker and less messy...

I never had horses, only one "horse's @$$"……me! memtb

 

[sp6x6]

Man horses are nice to have on large or remote game.But ive stuck a horse bad to belly in moose swamp.Had one upside down 8 miles in ,in a beaver pond where I had jump of and hold his head out of water while meat got cut off him.Anothe time on a moose hunt , with this much older guy at time ,so I thinks he knows better.We are watching large bull out in swamp, then he up and shoots it?Im like WHAT,Hes like your a young hunter guy figured you done this before.NO, I let them get OUT of swamp before I shoot.Yes always have a cordless tool as am builder buy trade.My BIL packed at head n horns on one I shot next to swamp, muddy.When we got him loaded and standing, all 6=6 of him, he took first step and was knee deep and next step, no boot.Least it was short pack out.tough ol moose, made whole hind 1/4's into jerky, gave him 1/2

 

[BillLarson]

Man horses are nice to have on large or remote game.But ive stuck a horse bad to belly in moose swamp.Had one upside down 8 miles in ,in a beaver pond where I had jump of and hold his head out of water while meat got cut off him.Anothe time on a moose hunt , with this much older guy at time ,so I thinks he knows better.We are watching large bull out in swamp, then he up and shoots it?Im like WHAT,Hes like your a young hunter guy figured you done this before.NO, I let them get OUT of swamp before I shoot.Yes always have a cordless tool as am builder buy trade.My BIL packed at head n horns on one I shot next to swamp, muddy.When we got him loaded and standing, all 6=6 of him, he took first step and was knee deep and next step, no boot.Least it was short pack out.tough ol moose, made whole hind 1/4's into jerky, gave him 1/2

I dont shoot moose in the water or near it.....

 

[memtb]

I dont shoot moose in the water or near it.....

If he's in the water, and the water is deep enough…..it's addressed pretty well in Dennis Confer's book "Hunt Alaska Now - Self Guiding for Trophy Moose & Caribou"!

Of course this method was discussed when hunting from a raft. It was a method to get the moose into only about 12" water…..that's were you do your quaartering, ect. memtb

 

[Idaho Lefty]

If, anyone's Looking for, any of, the "Side Eject", 336 / 1895 version, Marlins in, .30-30 Win, .35 Rem., .444 or, .45-70 ( Better hurry ) they are going, Up, in Price,.. FAST !
Ask Me, How,.. I Know,.. ( Sub $600. is, a Great Deal,. in Southern Idaho, Gunshop's / Pawnshop's, Now ! ).

 

[memtb]

If, anyone's Looking for, any of, the "Side Eject", 336 / 1895 version, Marlins in, .30-30 Win, 35 Rem., .444 or, .45-70 they are going, Up,.. in Price,.. FAST !
Ask Me, How,.. I Know,.. ( Sub $600. is, a Great Deal,. in Southern Idaho, Gunshop's, Now !

Yep….pretty happy that I bought my "Remlin" 45-70 GG when I did!


NIB, large loop lever, laminate stock - $600, shipped to my local FFL (Sheriff)…..it would have been the "Holy Grail" had it been SS! memtb

 

[436]

If, anyone's Looking for, any of, the "Side Eject", 336 / 1895 version, Marlins in, .30-30 Win, .35 Rem., .444 or, .45-70 ( Better hurry ) they are going, Up, in Price,.. FAST !
Ask Me, How,.. I Know,.. ( Sub $600. is, a Great Deal,. in Southern Idaho, Gunshop's / Pawnshop's, Now ! ).

Agree, I always keep a few on hand and have all my life... I love the old and some of the new lever rifles. Cheers