RE: Ted nugent..friend or foe? again..
This doesn' t matter much to the debate but a .22 will kill a deer cleanly. But so will a slingshot if you hit it hard behind the ear.
I killed a 150 pound sow hog with a .22 when I was 15. I was hunting on a WMA and a .22 or " small game arms" was all you could use. One shot at about 20 yards quartering away behind the shoulder did the job. She ran about 30 yards before she dropped. On the same trip my friend got a big hog with one shot of 2-3/4" #6 shot. I' m not saying it' s the best and consistant hog rifle there is because it' s not. The only reason we brought those was because it was all the law would allow. But it worked. And apparently it still works because the law on WMA' s in my area hasn' t changed over the years.