Moose Hunting Anatomy – Where to Aim

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I hear hunters often ask where exactly should I aim my rifle on a broadside moose? On a facing moose? On a quartering away or toward you? 

Anatomical Knowledge Helps

All questions we need answers to in the field. I went on a web search and found a great article below written by a veterinarian for hunters. It included Caribou anatomy too. 

https://ucalgary.ca/caribou/HuntingMoose.html

As you can see below moose lungs, in orange, are huge and your best target.

LOOK AT THOSE HUGE LUNGS

A shot centered on it, and the moose is yours provided good bullet construction and penetration.

Check out the website for shooting angle aiming for lungs.

The heart is low and not the best target, a miss is more possible. Aim for lungs!

 

https://ucalgary.ca/caribou/HuntingMoose.html

Good Hunting!

 

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About Ed Hale

I am an avid hunter with rifle and Bow and have been hunting for more than 50 years. I have taken big game such as whitetail deer, red deer, elk, Moose and African Plains game such as Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, and Impala and wrote an ebook entitled African Safari -Rifle and Bow and Arrow on how to prepare for a first safari. Ed is a serious cartridge reloader and ballistics student. He has earned two degrees in science and has written hundreds of outdoor article on hunting with both bow and rifle.