I used a 222 with a 50 gr. blitz, that was all the rifle I had, it killed deer, and it was all I could afford, before that I used a shotgun.

Aknome I’m sure you have killed hundreds with your 223 But I find it hard to believe they only take 1 step or even 10 yards on that many animals. I’ve seen deer shot with 270, 6 mm, 300 win mag, 222,223,22-250, heck even a 12 gauge slug run 50-100 yards with their heart turned into jelly. Yes neck or high shoulder shots will drop them in their tracks. But most ethical hunters are told to aim right behind the front leg.
So you’re saying you have never had one run off past 10 yards out of the hundreds you have killed ?

Hey your in Alaska call around ask the guides if they will let their clients use a 22 caliber rifle on a hunt. If they say no ask them why not! You have killed hundreds and never had one go past 10 yards

Bingo! There is you answer why a lot of people use a 22 cal. You can find 223 ammo cheap every where. Even in AK

This is my sons first deer. It was shot with a 222 using 55 grain spitzer. 75 yards and obviously lung shot. It was in a clover field and ran around 200 yards before piling up at the far end of the field Late evening about 45 minutes before dark. Deer stood back up 2 times and would stumble and fall. If he had ran back in the thicket he came out of not sure we would have found him that night. First weekend in October and 70 degrees it would have ruined. The next year he had a 243. That was in 1999. First year Ky allowed anything below a 24 caliber bullet

Yep, and this thread is about the 22-250. The 222 and the 22-250 may shoot the same bullet, but with vastly different velocities and terminal results.

True TC1 but it soon got turned into a 223 is good enough for grizzly bear. My last 3 post went of track concerning 22-250. Whole different outcome when you drop down to a 223 / 222 . Like I said in my first post. Will it kill a deer? YES Are there better choices? Yes and not just my opinion...

No one said you can't, I have shot several with one but.....why ? When there are much better suited rounds readily available and Wolff has some.

Ok so another question because , I learning alot about some stuff here ,

What's eveyone consider a "good run off distance". Like from where they where shot to where you find them what's is like eveyones good/ acceptable?

Dead and on the ground where I first pull the trigger is best for me.

Blood trail wider than long.

I actually have no real desire for one. But there's more questions inside the one I asked that are being answered very well right now

You head shooting Alaskan guys don't count

Yeah, caliber don’t matter much at ten yards.

Kind of a baited question, Wolfie. Seems like you are probing ethics, which is a slippery slope.

I don’t want to have to follow an animal after I put a shot in it. Especially after loosing sight of it fleeing the scene.

This whole thread is baited it seems, since he isn't interested in what he asked about.

But anyhow, good luck with your hunting.

Kind of a baited question, Wolfie. Seems like you are probing ethics, which is a slippery slope.

I don’t want to have to follow an animal after I put a shot in it. Especially after loosing sight of it fleeing the scene.
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With this logic, you must not be an archery guy. Not trying to stir the pot, but a very low percentage of archery deer fall within eyesight, especially if hunting in heavy cover. Just pointing out that fact.

I have shot archery. Not my thing for hunting though.

DRT is ideal. I'd honestly say with a rifle, 90% of my deer have not made it 2 steps. I'm not a lunger, I'm a shoulder guy. Color blind so I cant see blood well, so tracking ain't my favorite.

With a good shot on my part, I'm upset if they go 50 yds.

Used just about everything within reason from a 204 up to 45-70s and 300 Wbys. Majority have been with your mid calibers, 25s, 7mms, and 30s. 30-06 is the ideal deer hunting cartridge, anyone who says different is wrong.

Am I interested in the caliber ,yes, do I want one , not really if someone gave me one or I got one for like $150 yeah I'd play with it but egh the larger powder consumption and large rifle primers are turn offs for me right now.

That being said I've noticed that there a certain... exemptions, I guess you could say in the hunting world. Such as a conversation ive seen alot : .22 cal is too small for deer ....but .222 .220 swift , .22-250 , this work great.
Now I have to say I find that interesting, but if you just ask " HAY WHY IS .223 BAD BUT THESE OTHER .22CAL GOOD ?!" You usually don't get much good info.

However if you asked what I did you get important stuff. Shot placement,ranges , bullets , velocity , personal preference, tradition usage.Those things help create a much better bigger and detailed picture. All of which answers alot more questions.

These bullets at this velocity at this shot placement will kill a deer dead in .22-250 across the board, so that answers some questions about other calibers.

Eveyone who loves it generally says it's because is XYZ

This bullet does this at these speeds in .22-250 so that bullet just requires a high impact velocity,they probably why in caliber 123 people say they don't kill well at all


Honestly in the three questions I've asked y'all have answered about 10-15 more that's explained a lot about other stuff .

To call it baiting,egh j guess you could but that give off the connotation that I'm doing this for bad reasons which honestly I'm not .

I’d say a .308 or 7mm-08 is about as good as it gets for a whitetail caliber.