Originally Posted by
mauser06
maybe he was just trying to tell you that even though its small it still has alot of power and you must be carefull even if it is "just a 22" when your out shooting or hunting small game with it.....trying to get the point across that you have to be careful with any weapon....just because its small it still has the power to go far and kill.......i highly doubt any insturctor was telling you to hunt deer with a 22.....
I would think this is the point that your instructor was trying to make...that a .22 rimfire is not a toy, and that it can kill animals larger than rabbits and squirrels. I don't think he was advocating the .22 Mag as a deer cartridge.
Many .22 rimfire boxes used to have a caution printed on them of "Dangerous within 1 mile."
Montana does not have any caliber restrictions for big game hunting. You can legally hunt deer or elk or whatever with a .22 rimfire. I also do not advocate hunting deer with .22 rimfires, but I have killed more than a few mule deer with .22 LR cartridges. All were one shot kills, and shot at under 50 yds, and none were wounded and lost.