Originally Posted by
nchawkeye
I knew this would come up...
In NC and many other states (about 30) it simply isn't addressed...
We use to butcher 20 pigs a year, a .22 short to the brain would drop them...It does the same to a deer, although my 541 prefers CCI long rifles...
I know some might think this shouldn't be done, but I have killed hundreds of squirrels with a .22 to the brain...A deer's brain is a much larger target and a .22 to the brain puts their lights out...
I grew up on a farm, back in the day we didn't have deer rifles, we used what we had...I'm now 58 and have never lost a deer with this shot...I do not condone it for everyone...
Ive been shooting hogs in the head with a .22 for 20+ years. Domestic not wild but it drops them like a rock at short range. Even 600+ lb animals. It doesn't kill them instantly but it knocks them out instantly.
The reason we do it that way is for the animal can be bled with the blood still flowing.