RE: For All you 223 Fans
Back to the original question. No, I probably wouldn't take that shot. I don't hunt with the .223 but my girlfriend does. I doubt she would take any shot at 100 yards. In the places she hunts 70 is about the max.
Neither would I take a straight away shot at a buck at any range with my .270. I would wait for the deer to turn or wouldn't shoot. You can't condemn a caliber because of one scenerio. A hunter has to know his limitations as well as his weapon's limitations. I don't understand why people are pissed because someone else uses something to hunt with that is legal that they themselves don't use. It's just ignorance, I think.