Certainly a valid opinion with traditional cup and core bullets but I will maintain the new class of monolithic bullets, Barnes TSX, Remington E-tip and the better bonded bullets like the Accubond make that difference negligible. This 120 TSX went through 4 feet of Kentucky whitetail, ending under the skin in the left ham, at 120 yards with a starting velocity of 2800 fps from my 7mm-08. It weighed 119.9 grains on recovery. No reason to think it would not have done the same to any other ungulate.
nice deer by the way, what part of kentucky did you get him in?
the point I was trying to make is even with the good bullets, with a moose its always nice to have more energy. a moose is a really big animal with large bones, thick muscles and a fairly tough hide that likes to absorb energy and make for a narrow overall wound cavity and smaller exit wounds. make a bad shot or have a quartering shot and you may not get a pass through even with a bigger gun. a .308 will kill it every time, you just may have a harder time tracking the animal or getting a quick kill. the .308 is a great round and an amazing medium game round, but a bull moose can weigh over 1,000 pounds easily, thats a lot of ungulate to punch a hole through
