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How do you guys think a 22-250 would do on whitetail?? The guy who would be shooting it is an excellent shot with a handgun, but average with a rifle.
22-250 WORKS FINE ON DEER.264 said:How do you guys think a 22-250 would do on whitetail?? The guy who would be shooting it is an excellent shot with a handgun, but average with a rifle.
DITTO!!!!! If your gonna buy a deer rifle, then buy a deer rifleDALESCARPENTRY said:People use them but I never would. You can kill any deer with a well placed shot and with in the proper distances. I would IMO go for another round more suited. Dale
This is just another old wives' tale that needs to be put to rest. Let's think about what we say instead of just repeating some tired old gunwriters' BS. A deer shot in the guts with any .224" bullet is going to travel a long ways and suffer a long time. The same shot with a large caliber will do a lot more damage and is much more likely to lead to a recovered animal. I've seen two deer shot in the guts with big centerfires - one a 7mm Mag and the other a .30-06 (neither were mine). Both were hit behind the diaphram, but both deer traveled less than 300 yards and were found due to blood and gut trails. No .224" bullet will leave decent trails with similar hits, and those two animals would have been lost had they been shot with .22s. I once killed five deer with 6 shots using a .223 but that was a stunt and I would not do it again. I long ago gave up trying to see how small a cartridge I could kill a deer with. :...A deer shot in the guts with a larger caliber is the same as a deer shot in the guts with a smaller caliber...
Lone said:This is just another old wives' tale that needs to be put to rest. Let's think about what we say instead of just repeating some tired old gunwriters' BS. A deer shot in the guts with any .224" bullet is going to travel a long ways and suffer a long time. The same shot with a large caliber will do a lot more damage and is much more likely to lead to a recovered animal. I've seen two deer shot in the guts with big centerfires - one a 7mm Mag and the other a .30-06 (neither were mine). Both were hit behind the diaphram, but both deer traveled less than 300 yards and were found due to blood and gut trails. No .224" bullet will leave decent trails with similar hits, and those two animals would have been lost had they been shot with .22s. I once killed five deer with 6 shots using a .223 but that was a stunt and I would not do it again. I long ago gave up trying to see how small a cartridge I could kill a deer with. :...A deer shot in the guts with a larger caliber is the same as a deer shot in the guts with a smaller caliber...![]()
Amazing. The poster clearly did not finish reading the post before he got his dander up and started venting.Nowhere did I say that a larger cartridge makes up for bad shooting - you are inventing that part to suit your own pre-conceived notion of what you apparently think I wrote. All that was stated was that with gut shots, the smaller cartridge gives a reduced chance of recovering the animal. That is just common sense for the thinking hunter.....ah YES! The I use a bigger caliber cause I can get away with more gunshots response. So what is more irresponsible someone using a .22 caliber centerfire that knows it's limitations. Or someone who uses a 30-06 to shoot deer up thier poop chute.
Nowhere did I say that a larger cartridge makes up for bad shooting -
Then I guess it's a non issue for those of us disciplined enough to not gutshoot deer thenAll that was stated was that with gut shots, the smaller cartridge gives a reduced chance of recovering the animal.