RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

Updating my earlier list:

7 states do not allow rifle hunting

4 states require at least .23 caliber (KA, MN, VA, WY)

4 states require at least .24 or .243 caliber (CO, CN, IA WA)

35 states allow .22 Centerfires.

Of the 35 that allow .22 Centerfires, 5 have energy restrictions. 2 of these say 1200 ft lbs of Muzzle Energy, 1 says 1000 ft lbs of Muzzle Energy, 1 says 900 ft lbs at 100 yards, and 1 says 1000 ft lbs at 100 yards.

So, the .22 Hornet thread got deleted because, as explained by a moderator:
I really fail to see the "across the board" ban against .22 centerfires for deer hunting that got the .22 Hornet post deleted, and I wonder what the moderator's motives were. Did he bother to check ANY of "the data base for other states" before deleting the post? 35 of 43 states that permit rifle hunting allow .22's. That certainly refutes to ridiculous proposition that "in the majority of the USA using a .22 to hunt deer is illegal." He was even wrong about the restriction in his home state of WV...

When 35 of the 43 states that allow rifle hunting permit the use of .22 centerfires, I think that removes most question about whether the .22 CF's are "unethical". The ethics question, as I've said before, should relate solely to the individual hunter's shot selection based upon the legal caliber he has chosen.

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

I knew a man that grew up hunting deer with a .22 in the 50s. He shot them in the chest, broadside, at close range with a hollow point. He stated they always went down after 100 yards or so. Ethical? Not to me, but to him? yes.

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

i drive a f150 4x4 with a small lift kit but it is a straight 6. i must say it has as much power and noise as a v8
but it is also a reg cab

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

I've got a Chevy S-10, regular cab, long bed, 2WD, 4.3L V-6. It's a little work-horse though. It's a half ton truck, but I hauled well over a ton of tile and grout in it when I was tiling my den. The only thing I don't like about it is it doesn't have the extended cab, so I couldn't put my guns inside if it started to rain on the way to the deer lease. My stepson recently remedied that when his employer gave him a camper top for it...

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

In WV we are ok to use 22 cal centerfire ammo. I am not familiar with the 22 hornet but I'm not sure why that wouldn't qualify
In fact, I believe a centerfire 17 Cal would be legal in WV

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

ya mine is a half tons to
i have hauled 60 sheets of plywoods and even 50 bundles of shingles at like 80 pounds each

it was slow moving and it made some noise but it got to my door for a straight 6 i am happy

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

i use a 30/30 marlin i always have and always will... its what i know and love... so find a
gun you love and are comfortable and leave eachother alone!!!!!

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

This is an extremely ignorant generalization and has nothing to do with the topic

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

i am content with my .50 cal. it does what ever i need it to. when i go to big open fields ilike my .243 ppl can say what they want but i have killed deer with lots of bigger rifles and my favorite rifle is a .243

RE: Ethical Calibers for Deer
 

i agree with part of what Paul said
i am only 22
but i have learned more in the last 4 years then the first 18
like it is not a good idea to punch a guy in the middle of a carnival at the court house yard
and i have learned that most of what i thought when i was young was wrong

we all grow up and learn that were not know it alls