I have yet to see ONE good reason for using any .22 on big game animals!
Being a good shot or not has nothing to do with it.
Maybe these people are LUCKY enough to recover all their game, then again, maybe the deer aren' t bleeding enough or dying within a mile from where they were shot.
There are a thousand ways to make a bad shot and cripple a deer, going into the woods intentionally undergunned should NOT be one of them!
None the less, I have asked for ONE good reason to use a .22 for deer hunting and have not heard one yet! As far as I know B&C doesn' t give extra points for killing the biggest game with the smallest bullet! Also, if someone is going to go spend money on a deer rifle, why buy a varmint gun?