ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
i have read some replys about .223 for the 223 for daughter post and ones i have made my self i have notice people taking about the low recoil in 30 30 3006 and even 357 what you have to remeber is we are talking about a young girl not a full built guy .
also shoot placement weather you useing a .223 30 30 30 06 or 50 CAL
IF YOU DO NOT GET A GOOD SHOOT PLACEMENT THE DEER IS GOING TO SUFFER
a .223 or even a 22 long in the hands of someoen who can shoot good is better then a 30 06 or any other gun in the hands of someone who is a bad shoot i have seen .223s blow bricks and but hole throw brick buildings both sides a deer is not harder then a brick
also today on a hunting so this guy shots a buck with a gun big enough i seen part flying sure this deer ran for like 10 foot but it moved it about 20 feet back from the hit
All true, but experience will give you shot placement. You can practice and practice some more, but still have to deal with the excitement of seeing an animal. At that point, you just need some luck, and hopefully instincts. As mainly a bowhunter, I have seen so many guys that can shoot a bow good at the range. Hitting a skoal can at 40 yards. But put them in the woods, and have a deer under them, boy, does the story change. Only experience. A 223 for a new hunter just won't cut it from that standpoint.
I believe, if a new hunter can't handle a 30-30 or 243 at least, he or she needs to wait a few years. My nephew wanted to start killing deer at 9 but couldn't handle a 30-30. Now he is 11 and I think has good potential in him. He is hitting a cardboard deer with a sluggun at 50 yards. And that was the criteria.