Moose hunting , the biggest trophies 

Yes but you have to own the woods where you hunt (or ask the owner). Each "hunting team/land owner" gets a certain number of moose per year to shoot, it's the goverment who decides the amount of mooses that the hunters are allowed to shoot every year. So bottom line is that every hunting area got a moose-license to fill, the same for red stag, bear, lynx, wolf. If you own land and want to hunt by your self, go right ahead, but most hunters hunt in a "team" when it comes to the license-animals. But it's quite usual for a hunter just to let the dog go and find the moose, then try to get in shooting range. Sorry about the english, hope you get what I mean.

***** Thanks. Our system is sort of confusing, some of the province has draw seasons, some has over the counter tags, much of the land is public where anyone can go and owning private land doesn't grant the landowner a licence for his own moose if his land is in a draw area. My own situation is that I can seldom hunt the moose on my own land, but by moving a few kilometers north I can. White-tail deer, elk, bear, all fur-bearers and birds are OK. I am used to very unstructured hunting, there is little that would pass for organization.

+Alex Luchiian I live in the US and moose is my dream hunt.

The reason why the 6,5 is so popular is because it is an old military round and so could be used in the old military/civil mausers. The 30-06 and 308 Winch are the most popular nowadays. Though we also use the 6,5 a lot on the winter hunt for capercaille.

Erik Fernström do you find the 6.5 swede to be as effective as the .308/06? providing proper lung shot/heart shot is made? Is there a minimum bullet weight that you legally have to use with the 6.5 Swede? 140gr - 160gr maybe? Sorry for all the questions! Im in Northern Alberta, Canada and have just bought a 6.5x55. I plan to use it as an all around rifle for deer - moose. over here when the 6.5 se is brought up as an adequate cartridge for Moose, the responses is, "the Swedes have been using it for 100 years to drop moose" we don't have a minimum bullet weight requirement here.. The smallest legal caliber to hunt moose with is a 243. I'm considering using the 120gr barnes ttsx or 130gr tsx as both penetrate deeper than even the 160gr bullets. the 308/06 are amongst the most popular here too.

1HeavyHitr To hunt big game like moose and bears in Sweden the 6,5 with a 9g bullet (138grain) has to bring 2700J in energy at 100m. Or a 10g bullet (2000J) has to deliver 2000J at 100m. Of course with a soft nose bullet. It has a flat trajectory and so is good on big game up to around 200m. As I said we even use the 6,5 a lot on small game like roe deer , beaver , fox and capercaille. But as always it´s all up to the one behind the gun. Myself I use the 30-06 on moose but wouldn´t criticise anyone that uses the 6,5 , as I know it is the most used round through history in Sweden on any game.

+Erik Fernström Is the 8x57mm still used much over there ? Question from another northern Albertan.