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

[doc holiday13]

Those noggin shots are great til you're off 2" and disable their jaw.

Still lethal, just takes a lot longer.


The volume of deer stacked with damage permits and 40-55 gr bullets in .223, there's no real reason to not be able to use them as far as I can tell.

But he'll, just everything I heard today alone has my head hurting. 270 minimum? Don't use match bullets, they are only for paper?

Our big deer are 230# on the hoof, but due to the years of road hunters using .22 cal, their hair/hide has evolved to Kevlar material.....
Genetic selection

Min .270... bwaaa.. ... clearly someone somewhere is a very poor shot. 6ARC isn't a barrel burner and its PLENTY bullet enough. I can't even wrap my head around thinking 270 is a min caliber

 

[ElPollo]

We're restricted to .23 caliber.....

That’s unfortunate and uninformed.

 

[Schmo]

It’s old hat here, but just another data point. First big game animal that I’ve taken with a .223. Hand loads with 77TMK. Whitetail doe, broadside at 353 yards. Upon impact, she folded like a $5 tent. She was dead before she hit the ground. Roughly 2100 fps impact velocity. Destroyed top of the lungs.

 

[MEwaters]

Pretty stoked, this is my first harvest of any kind and second year out hunting.
73 Eldm from 1-7 16”
20 yards and dropped

 

[Chris_in_Idaho]

Pretty stoked, this is my first harvest of any kind and second year out hunting.
73 Eldm from 1-7 16”
20 yards and dropped


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Nicely done!!

 

[BasicUtahrd95]

Pretty stoked, this is my first harvest of any kind and second year out hunting.
73 Eldm from 1-7 16”
20 yards and dropped


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First of many I hope! Way to go! First kill is a big deal!

 

[MEwaters]

First of many I hope! Way to go! First kill is a big deal!

God is good! Many 3am mornings before work and many a miles walked in 800 acre woods. Dragging 2.2 miles out now

 

[sierracharlie338]

Pretty stoked, this is my first harvest of any kind and second year out hunting.
73 Eldm from 1-7 16”
20 yards and dropped


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Awesome work dude. Big congrats!