.223 is enough for whitetail
07-30-2010, 07:48 AM
#53
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NJ
Posts: 49
Coach,
"but what really is your point?"
My point is your reply to the right tool for the right job/one shot one kill.
"......a wrench could be an easier way to bang in a small nail rather than make a trip to the work bench......"
I don't shoot at deer with my .17HMR because I happen to have it in my hands.
BTW - I said coach because of your "handle" - sorry !!!
I'm from NJ, so I wouldn't want to give Jerseyites a bad name.
Also, I have had to take follow-up shots and/or finish an animal just like anyone else, but not because I didn't have the right gun with the right load for the game I was persueing at the time.
And I would not want to "coach" anyone to do otherwise.
"but what really is your point?"
My point is your reply to the right tool for the right job/one shot one kill.
"......a wrench could be an easier way to bang in a small nail rather than make a trip to the work bench......"
I don't shoot at deer with my .17HMR because I happen to have it in my hands.
BTW - I said coach because of your "handle" - sorry !!!
I'm from NJ, so I wouldn't want to give Jerseyites a bad name.
Also, I have had to take follow-up shots and/or finish an animal just like anyone else, but not because I didn't have the right gun with the right load for the game I was persueing at the time.
And I would not want to "coach" anyone to do otherwise.
08-07-2010, 06:58 PM
#54
Guest
Posts: n/a
Well, which would you pick? Its a real pickle isn't it? If you say the bow, I am either going to call you a liar or a poor rifle shot. If you say the 223, your saying the bow isn't ethical enough to use on deer.
08-09-2010, 07:39 PM
#55
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 48
I'd guess some would say it's a hunters preference, others would argue otherwise. IMO the 223 is a varmint round and has no business being used for deer hunting. Sure it can get the job done, and can reach out and touch someone...but it's not the right tool for the job. Maybe it's a geography thing, but from what I've seen it's been the 30-30 or the 30-06. The knockdown power from these rifles puts them down now.
Heck, you're just lucky you can use a rifle. Many of us are out there strapped with the 12 gauge!
Heck, you're just lucky you can use a rifle. Many of us are out there strapped with the 12 gauge!
08-10-2010, 01:55 PM
#56
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
I'd guess some would say it's a hunters preference, others would argue otherwise. IMO the 223 is a varmint round and has no business being used for deer hunting. Sure it can get the job done, and can reach out and touch someone...but it's not the right tool for the job. Maybe it's a geography thing, but from what I've seen it's been the 30-30 or the 30-06. The knockdown power from these rifles puts them down now.
Heck, you're just lucky you can use a rifle. Many of us are out there strapped with the 12 gauge!
Heck, you're just lucky you can use a rifle. Many of us are out there strapped with the 12 gauge!
certainly if i were in ohio, i would be usin either of those as well...but the dog dear here drop in their tracks with a 223, and the 30-06 puts too big of a hole...in my, and my buddy with the 30-06's opinion..this year i will take a few pics, as he hasnt got a smaller cal yet, he bought a bow instead.
