Things That Might Make You Reconsider Deer Hunting With a .223

[Bambi Buster]

 

[Deer Assassin]

lol

 

[Safari Hunt]

None. Already have three that will do the job and not on the market for another. One of the outdoor magazines had an article about Eskimos using the old .222 on caribou. All in shot placement.

 

[Bullit]

I use to know a couple of guys that used a 22 hornet and killed a lot of deer with it.

 

[Rakkin6]

Would never do it. Seen to many little brown men take multiple shots with a 5.56 and just keep coming. And a head shot to me is just to small a target and unethical with little room for error. If you are off you just blow their jaw up and they suffer. In MY opinion the .223 shouldn't be legal for deer. .243 should be the minimum. The recoil is manageable for even small children and older people. Heck my grandmother shoots my 25-06 every now and then.

 

[Rancocas]

Would never do it. Seen to many little brown men take multiple shots with a 5.56 and just keep coming. And a head shot to me is just to small a target and unethical with little room for error. If you are off you just blow their jaw up and they suffer. In MY opinion the .223 shouldn't be legal for deer. .243 should be the minimum. The recoil is manageable for even small children and older people. Heck my grandmother shoots my 25-06 everyone and then.

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[Dennis]

I have never shot a deer with a .223. But I don't doubt it would work well if you use the right bullet.

Not all bullets are created equal.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Never given any serious thought to deer hunting with any of my 223's. Have other much better options.

 

[Deer Assassin]

I have never shot a deer with a .223. But I don't doubt it would work well if you use the right bullet.

Not all bullets are created equal.

killed several

you are correct the right bullet at the right distance ..... will work fine

 

[younggun308]

Would never do it. Seen to many little brown men take multiple shots with a 5.56 and just keep coming. And a head shot to me is just to small a target and unethical with little room for error. If you are off you just blow their jaw up and they suffer. In MY opinion the .223 shouldn't be legal for deer. .243 should be the minimum. The recoil is manageable for even small children and older people. Heck my grandmother shoots my 25-06 everyone and then.

If soft-point and hollow-point bullets weren't against the Geneva Convention, don't you think the results on people would have been different?

 

[Rakkin6]

If soft-point and hollow-point bullets weren't against the Geneva Convention, don't you think the results on people would have been different?

I didn't carry green tips and one shot was still not one kill.

 

[Omega]

Many a deer have been killed by a .22LR, so .223 would be just fine, if that is all you had. I have better calibers, so I wouldn't use one, but have no doubt about the effectiveness of the .223.

 

[Cull Buck Hunter]

I have used a 223 with 70gr Barnes bullets, no blood or pass thru, it will work but not ideal. I usually shoot a 7 wsm or 308win, better odds if shot placement is off.

 

[Deer Assassin]

I have used a 223 with 70gr Barnes bullets, no blood or pass thru, it will work but not ideal. I usually shoot a 7 wsm or 308win, better odds if shot placement is off.

Try Barnes 53 tsx
I've had pass thru out to 150 yards

 

[Rockhound]

I didn't carry green tips and one shot was still not one kill.

No but you carried full metal jackets. They don't cause near the trauma as an expanding bullet.

 

[Rakkin6]

To each their own if it's legal I am not going to judge. There are just so many better options out there. I mean I could kill a moose with a .270 but I am not going to. Minimum would be a 30-06 but that's just me. Why go for the minimum and take chances.

 

[Rockhound]

To each their own if it's legal I am not going to judge. There are just so many better options out there. I mean I could kill a moose with a .270 but I am not going to. Minimum would be a 30-06 but that's just me. Why go for the minimum and take chances.

Can you explain why a 30-06 would be a better moose round than 270? I'm interested.

 

[Rakkin6]

Honestly I said the minimum, I don't own a 30-06 I have a .300 Win Mag. I just said for the minimum for me that is what I would take. I would take my .300 Mag with 220 grain rounds. And has far has 30-06 over a .270 the fact that you can shoot a .30 caliber bullet which has a larger sectional density along with a heavier bullet at greater speeds creating more ft/lbs of energy, kinetic energy and joules. Momentum knocks them down and KE kills.

 

[Rakkin6]

And we didn't carry FMJ either. I wasn't in the conventional army. We had AP and HP in our M4 no green tip or tracers. Same with our sniper systems.

 

[Omega]

And we didn't carry FMJ either. I wasn't in the conventional army. We had AP and HP in our M4 no green tip or tracers. Same with our sniper systems.

No, no, no, the military has pronounced them open tips. We used the same in our M4s, but we also had tracers in some of our mags to direct traffic when needed.