ORIGINAL: zrexpilot
ORIGINAL: retrieverman
I am not a fan of 22-250 for whitetails, but my brother has been killing deer with one for 15 years. He has never lost a deer or had one take a step after being shot.
That is very hard to believe, unless he shot every single deer right square in the head. Most deer run a little ways with just about every caliber imaginable, some fall, some run, and caliber size usually doesnt negate the outcome.
But back to the question, yes the .22-250 will kill a deer, it'svery popular here in Texas along with the .243, but our deer rarley see 200 lbs. A well placed shot with just about any centerfire will kill deer very affectively, would I choose the .22-250 for northern 300 lb deer ? no, but it can be done if your skilled and limit yourself to take only great shots.
I took a 160 lb 11 pointer this past year with a 15 yd shot to the neck with a .22 hornet, he dropped in his tracks.
Would I have taken that shot on the same deer to the body at a 150 yds ? Nope! You have to be disciplined with small calibers just as bow hunters are with arrows.
The statement I made is completely true. There was not a question posed on shot placement, so I didn't go into it. Since my integrity is being questioned I will veer off topic, my brother takes all neck shots with his 22-250. He is very careful with his shots and does not take stupid or even questionable shots. As far as deer dropping in their tracks, I have personally dropped deer with 243 to 50 cal muzzleloader (and many caliber in between). I killed 8 deer in two states in 2005, and the only deer that ran (only 15 yards)was with my 50 cal muzzleloader. I killed 4 with a 30/30, 1 with a 270, and 1 with a 300 WSM, and the end results were all the same. SHOT! DROP!