.223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

bluekiss

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That's true, .223 it’ll kill a deer. But why would you use it knowing it’s extremely limited compared to say 270, 7 mag, 308, etc… love my 223 for predator hunting and target shooting though.
 

Rolltide

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Silly to me there are places that specify caliber restrictions.

Even sillier are the places dictating bullet composition.
When I was a kid going through the Hunter's Education course, I asked a Game Warden who was there "What makes our deer so much tougher than other deer?"

He looked confused and said they weren't any tougher...a whitetail deer is a whitetail deer.

That's when I asked him why states farther south let hunters use any centerfire rifle cartridge and Virginia says it must be a .243 or larger to be legal...

His response: "Because somebody, somewhere, said that's the rules..."

It didn't make sense to me then and it still doesn't make sense today.
 
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Here in Oregon there is no draw weight restriction for archery elk, but you can’t use a 22 cal centerfire… very well thought out 🤔

We can't use a .22 cal for hunting bear or deer, but we had the minimum for archery hunting as needing to propel a broadhead tipped arrow 125 yards.


Use whacha want with damage permits.
 

Odd1out

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Anyone ever try n540? Says temp stable on the container even though I've read in here it isnt.

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