jcb9901, with the deepest respect I am sorry to hear that.
There have been cases where folks have been shot in the head with .357 Mags and lived to talk about it.

The small calibers are illegal in MD, oops I broke the law once guess I am damned. The supressed 60 grain 22 deal is setup by the state to control game in populated areas and therefore is legal with proper premission. The whole communist "the deer are for the people" BS is out the window for me unless you would like to start compensating me for the damages caused by "your" deer on my property. I don't know a person that hasn't hit at least one deer with their car or truck, you think that kills the deer cleanly? Again if I had the choice between being ran over to death or being shot with a small caliber in the head, give me the head shot please. My insurance is higher because of it and the only thing my wife bitches about is her plants and garden getting eaten up, and her car getting smashed. Please READ the prior posts, I am not selecting the small calibers for regular deer hunting, it was done once as a live ballistic experiment, I use a .270 about 99.9% of the time for deer (yes I live in a rifle legal county in MD) I am not telling people to buy a small bore / high velocity round for deer hunting, I am simply answering the question asked and defending myself against persecution for being honest.