22 Hornet for Deer?
 

What say you? Thanks...

I know that some guys down here do use the .22 hornet for deer but it is strictly head and neck shots. Last year we were shooting does in the head with a .204 and it worked just fine, but if they are looking at you be careful not to shoot the to low in the head because then the bullet enter the nasal cavity exits hits the skull and just travels around it and does not kill it. but if you hit it in the back or the side of the head it works just fine. And if you hit it up about eye level or a little higher they drop. But we were using a rifle that at 100 yds would make a dime size group so we were very confident exactly where that bullet went. Also my sister shot a doe in the head at about thirty yds with an ar-15 last year at about 35 yds and it worked just fine to. Hope this helps. Do not shoot a minute of foot rifle only sub-moa precision is the key. All of the guns we use will stack rounds on top of each other at 100 yds. This is very important!!!

prolly not in MO..texas yes head and rib dbl lungers all day too..think yall have 243 limitations?

Why ?????????

+1 ..............

I will not use any of the 22 cal. cartridges for deer unless I had to in order to survive.

22 hornet for deer
 

I do not know everthing about the deer hunting in your area, but you must understand some things, if you do not make a perfect shot with your 223 you will have difficult time to say the least recovering your deer. If you use a larger cal 243 and up you will have a much better chance if things don't go exactly your way. That being said you always want to down your deer as quickly as possible. I know what the 243 will do against white tails up in MN and that is the smallest cal any of us will use.
Good luck hunting.

Illegal in Wisconsin and for good reason. The whole idea IMHO is to make a quick, humane kill. Why fool around with calibers you have to hit them in the brain with? And if you don't they go off and maybe die and maybe not. Poachers use .22's with flashlights at night. The lightest I'd ever go for deer is .243. My 2 cents.

NO. IMHO this is stupid.

No way!We owe it to the game we hunt to insure quick clean kills.It makes me sick how often such questions come up.You would think anybody familiar with guns would know better but still this crap comes up all the time.

lol my 13 y/o daughter is llike wtf...she makes clean kills, deer drop inside 20 yards, with her 223 since she was 8 y/o.....i could set up a class where she could show yall how its done if ya like.... :woot:

dont get me wrong, i wouldnt go up north with a 223, but in texas we have dog deer.

+1...in our group only the teens use 243....just because its light recoil and has enough stopping power....everyone else uses .270's or 30-06....or you can be like my uncle and overkill the deer with a 300 ultra mag.

Simple....NOT

In my book, ABSOLUTELY NOT! An absurd idea in my opinion.

A little on the light side but it has been done for years. I have often used my .22 Hi-Power or .223 for deer. Of all the dead deer you find in the woods, do you really think that they were all shot with .22 caliber bullets ? I found a huge dead 8 point in West Virginia and it had a fresh bullet hole through the base of the rack ( A soft point bullet goes through wood and antler like a woodpecker). Anyway, the diameter of the hole looked to be about .277-.284. I don't know where else it was hit because it was flyblown and I did not want to roll it around. I bet the guy emptied his rifle on it. So much for heavier bullets.

Same here in Mississippi. I'll go .223 or above. I've lived both in Mississippi and Michigan so, I can tell you DO NOT try a .22 up north unless you can shoot MOA or better. They grow 'em big up north.

I would not even think of doing it, thank God it is not legal in MI