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Originally posted by Bull Sprig:
I'd rather use open sights....maybe a .45-70.....just feel more up close and personal. It's a horseback hunt.

Would the outfitter be pissed if I showed up with that?

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Originally posted by Bull Sprig:
Thank you all for the input. Looks like it'll be my 300winmag.

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Originally posted by Bull Sprig:
I'd say it's more important to take a moose than shoot it with a specific gun in this specific situation.

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Originally posted by Snyd:

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Originally posted by Bull Sprig:
I'd say it's more important to take a moose than shoot it with a specific gun in this specific situation.

"Thank you all for the input. Looks like it'll be my 300winmag."

300 winMag has killed a lot of moose here in AK. Killed my first with one back in 92. Have a great hunt!

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Originally posted by A7Dave:
One issue is the problem of counting tines and/or judging width. Most units have antler restrictions, so that is super important. If you are hunting with a guide, you can rely on him/her to give you good information, if you are on your own, shooting iron sights, you'll have to hang on your binos until you're certain he's legal.

Lastly, if this will be your first Alaska moose hunt, I'd go with a scope. Would suck to spend all that dough and travel that far and then get skunked because you were presented with a bull you could easily take with a scoped gun, but not iron sights.

Nonetheless, I'd love to take a moose with my 1900 era Krag, with iron sights.

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Originally posted by Bull Sprig:
Rapidly getting talked into putting a different scope on my 300mag. I want something that is simple without a bunch of dials that can get knocked off in a scabbard.

Suggestions?

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Your 300 with QD Talley rings and a 3x or 4x Leupold will work just OK, but not ideal, anywhere you hunt..

I hunt horseback more than most as Im a cowboy and team roper, retired rancher, ranch raised, booking agent, guide, and other skills, can get a lot done in 87 years, thats two lifetimes! BTW big heavy scopes on heavy guns are not condusive to hunting horseback, too much bulk under your leg and big varibles don't seem to hold zero as well as a fixed scope..A jogging hose can turn the cross hairs,

I have favorite saddle guns and a set criteria..

1.Rifle must be flat under my leg for those 16 hour rides.

2. Must be of sufficient caliber for game hunted and in this case my savage 99F in 308, 358 or 284 would qualify. the win 94 25-35 or 30-30, a savage 99 250-3000 has been my usual choice.

3. A smaller scope such as a 3Xor 4X fixed Leupold. QDs, and a good set of irons such as a receiver or barrel mounted one standing will do.

4. No sling unless you carry it in your pocket until needed. Slings in a saddle scabbard on the gun have a habit of hanging up and your gun is hanging on a limb or whatever..

5 In a bolt action, a pre 64 mod 70 fwt in 30-06 or similar rifle. Lean and mean is what your need is..

6.limit weight to no more than about 8,5 pounds..that way you wont spend most of the day jumping up and down on your opposite stirrup trying to keep your saddle centered. Not to mention soring your horses back and having to walk out, but this is your guides job, but don't trust that.

this is for horseback hunting, spot and stalk or jump shooting..

Most of todays "horseback hunts" or transportation only from trail head to camp or camp to a spot to hunt on foot, therefore any outfit will get you buy I suppose..

A lot depends on your horse back skills, the greatest hunt in the world is riding under the high rimrocks, and jump shoot the big bucks that lay under the rim, no trails just rough country, when one of those big bucks jump up he will be close and you bail off and hopefully get a shot. I live for that kind of hunting, its where I grew up..I wish everyone could experience it..Coues and Mule deer..