NZ professional cullers used the .222 a lot because you could carry more ammo. These guys went into the scrub for weeks on end and cut the tails off for bounty records and payments.
The main target animal was red deer.
New Zealanders
still use the .222 Rem on red deer....although the .223 is now rampant, and used by professional shooters.
People use them on bigger stags than a mule deer.
But these kind of threads get read in NZ by younger hunters as well, and we now have a new generation growing up who are reading American forums and believe that a .243 won't kill a deer without a perfect broadside shot at 30 metres etc and so on.
