How is the 223 for deer hunting in AB doing?

[huntinstuff]

Works just fine....twice now.
62g sp Barnaul.
Both bang flops. Right in the heart.

 

[Gatehouse]

What provinces still outlaw 22 centerfire for big game? I've been hunting in BC for about 40 years and it was always legal that I can remember.

 

[AB3006]

What provinces still outlaw 22 centerfire for big game? I've been hunting in BC for about 40 years and it was always legal that I can remember.

Oilbirda did, until this year.

I believe:
NLD is > .22 with grain weights over 100 and 1500 ft lbs energy
Scova Notia is > .23, with the .223 being verboten
Apparently QC, NT and YK are all .243 minimum

 

[JeffMan]

I don't think anybody believes you

That Liberal Metes women’s said i22 gauge is good for moose, blackbear, and Ptarmigan.

She didn’t look hungry.

Sorry… had to relive that moment of Liberal stupidity.

 

[pathfinder76]

What provinces still outlaw 22 centerfire for big game? I've been hunting in BC for about 40 years and it was always legal that I can remember.

Alberta hunters are losing their minds thinking the rest of the provinces and most of the states have been wrong all these years.

 

[Gatehouse]

Alberta hunters are losing their minds thinking the rest of the provinces and most of the states have been wrong all these years.

Are you sure it's not just because they hate the idea of poor people hunting?

 

[toebako]

They legalized 22 centerfire. Not only 223. Why go so big when a Hornet can get the job done. Use less powder etc etc.223 is for elk and moose. people always overgun themselves. Hahahaha

 

[1899]

They legalized 22 centerfire. Not only 223. Why go so big when a Hornet can get the job done. Use less powder etc etc.223 is for elk and moose. people always overgun themselves. Hahahaha

Funny you bring that up. I went to hunt with a friend on Haida Gwaii and he used a .22 Hornet. He made a bunch of one shot kills - all under 100 yards. I was skeptical until he proved my concerns completely unfounded. Keep in mind those deer are quite small. Here is a picture of one of the deer we got on that trip beside my Airedale (70 lbs).

 

[tokguy]

How did he know it was gonna get used for Deer hunting ? You must have told him
Any how it was non of his business and still isn’t

Well Jim, I suppose there is the title of the thread?
That might help a fellow, no?

 

[Lefty Dick]

Alberta hunters are losing their minds thinking the rest of the provinces and most of the states have been wrong all these years.

No different than all the nay sayers and doom and gloom predictions that came out when the hi vis clothing requirement was dropped in Alberta…..
Lotsa hype, but no substance.

 

[Gatehouse]

They legalized 22 centerfire. Not only 223. Why go so big when a Hornet can get the job done. Use less powder etc etc.223 is for elk and moose. people always overgun themselves. Hahahaha

All centerfire cartridges are legal in BC for deer,moose, elk. Even the Hornet.

But it's very uncommon other than some isolated cases like 1899's friend. Most hunters don't see the really small centerfire cartridges as suitable for their purposes, especially if they only get to hunt a few weeks a year.

 

[kayaker1]

Oilbirda did, until this year.

I believe:
NLD is > .22 with grain weights over 100 and 1500 ft lbs energy
Scova Notia is > .23, with the .223 being verboten
Apparently QC, NT and YK are all .243 minimum

NS you can use no4 buck in .410 but not a centrefire .22. Silly.

 

[AB3006]

NS you can use no4 buck in .410 but not a centrefire .22. Silly.

That's nuckin' futs! Those little .24" pellets are barely flying at a transonic speed (1100fps) and spread to a 24" circle at 20 yards. At best. Even with a full choke, you can probably only keep them down to a 1 foot circle at that range.

 

[1899]

NS you can use no4 buck in .410 but not a centrefire .22. Silly.

We can use pellet guns here in BC for deer, black bear, mountain goat, mountain sheep, cougar, lynx and wolf. Not permitted for elk moose, caribou and bison.

 

[huntingfamily]

We can use pellet guns here in BC for deer, black bear, mountain goat, mountain sheep, cougar, lynx and wolf. Not permitted for elk moose, caribou and bison.

Where are you seeing that? I think your confusing a pellet gun with a modern air rifle of .35 cal minimum.

 

[1899]

Where are you seeing that? I think your confusing a pellet gun with a modern air rifle of .35 cal minimum.

Air rifle, pellet gun, air gun - all the same really, no? Some use smaller pellets, others larger - up to .50 caliber as far as I know.

 

[JIMMY 808]

I can’t stand it when the government gives me more liberty,

 

[Hyllar]

It was a Roadblock for White Trash, Indians, and Chinamen. Happy now?

it does make it clearer when you avoid euphemisms

 

[hoobdydyadad]

why not go for headshots anyway if you can? the animal does not bleed itself out but at least the cavity is cleaner when it’s time to gut.
even a neck shot might be better.

 

[iron cat]

why not go for headshots anyway if you can? the animal does not bleed itself out but at least the cavity is cleaner when it’s time to gut.
even a neck shot might be better.

Because an animal bleeding out is far better than one that it is not, and head shots are one of the most over rated, smallest kill zones there is and only for internet experts.
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