This call is what I use more or less it will work way better then a plastic call
Hunting Deer With A .223?
- Thread starter Mumbles Marble Mouth
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This call is what I use more or less it will work way better then a plastic call
- Location
- Quebec city
.243 in Quebec
LOL at around 2:10, thats the same sh*t I do whenever I go golfing!
Would somebody just buy these poor buggers a beater late seventies Chevy pickup and a half-sack of Lucky Lager already!
Pay homage to the "Fudd gods" who blessed us with road hunting.
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Prove it then. Quote the Ontario hunting regulation that specifically excludes .17 Remington, .204 Ruger, .22 Hornet & .222 Remington.
- Location
- northern Ontario
in Ontario you can use ANY center fire round to hunt deer
doesn't mean you should or shouldn't but you can
I think if your careful you can hunt deer with a 223 you need to do your due diligence I like my 270 and 30-30 but I don't think a 223 is less effective than a bow or flintlock shooting round ball ammo
its just like bow hunting or muzzle loaders stay within your limits and it'll work fine
miq
doesn't mean you should or shouldn't but you can
I think if your careful you can hunt deer with a 223 you need to do your due diligence I like my 270 and 30-30 but I don't think a 223 is less effective than a bow or flintlock shooting round ball ammo
its just like bow hunting or muzzle loaders stay within your limits and it'll work fine
miq
Applefarmer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Lime Stone City
I'd rather a guy shooting deer with a .223 than hitting deer in the ankle with a 7mm Remington
Magnum that I've seen done. Not to worry, he was a Native and let loose with his Browning semi, only injured 4.
Magnum that I've seen done. Not to worry, he was a Native and let loose with his Browning semi, only injured 4.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I recently bought a Savage 10 Precision Carbine in .223 as well as a neutered (Manually operated) PMC M1 carbine. Both are easily capaple of taking the deer around my neck of the woods if I do my part . I used to hunt deer with both cartridges in the 70's & 80's and they worked dandy for me.
Several posts back there's a reference to stressed out deer caused by dogs used on a deer drive. Well I've been on lots of these deer drives and the deer are not all that stressed out. The dogs bark like crazy when they get on the scent but by that time the deer have long moved off. That's why they call it a deer drive. The deer are very aware of the dog but typically move off several hundred yards ahead of the dog. That's typically now, there are certainly occasional exceptions to the rule.
It is certainly not as though you are shooting at a deer running with dogs nipping at it's feet. Usually the dog is nowhere in sight and the deer are just carefully moving out of the area.
Sometimes a dog will catch up with a wounded or hobbled deer, then he will probably stay right with it.
Most shots are actually taken while the deer is not moving as it stops because it catches the scent of the standers.
It is certainly not as though you are shooting at a deer running with dogs nipping at it's feet. Usually the dog is nowhere in sight and the deer are just carefully moving out of the area.
Sometimes a dog will catch up with a wounded or hobbled deer, then he will probably stay right with it.
Most shots are actually taken while the deer is not moving as it stops because it catches the scent of the standers.
I've seen more deer wounded by large caliber magnums than I have by 223s. That's because the 223 shooter is not afraid of the rifle and makes clean shots. Loudenboomer Magnum shooters don't even want to sight in their own rifles for fear of the beating.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
Me too, but just yesterday I was talkin' with a guy that said that he takes shots at moose at 400 yds. with
his .300 magnum Browning as soon as he sees 'em. The boob then went on to describe how his buddy took a
fast shot on a 250 yd. moose with a 7mm mag. which hit the critter in the lung area, but it walked away.
These guys spent a few hours following blood spatters on the ground at spacings of about each 50 yds. or so.They gave up looking looking after that and went back to camp to give'er. Next day they were at 'er again.
Fook me! I have zero respect for turds that waste game or have no clue about weapons, hunting or ballistics.
Simple answer: 223 may be underkill. Yes it's possible to get a clean kill with a perfect shot, but what if you don't? If you send a piercing shot through it, and it bolts, are you going to feel good about prolonging the suffering of something? Shoot it practically anywhere with a 30-06, and you are blowing a hold in it wide enough to get a much quicker kill if you don't hit something vital.
No. No. Not again!
Maybe if I'm the 10th guy to suggest 223 is risking unethical deer hunting, it's because it has some merit to it, and answers the OP's question?
Naw. Just means you don't have any real world experience with deer hunting with a .223
