I have taken a mule deer with a 22 hornet at 240 yards. He was not nearly as smart and a dumbass.
Anything at 240 yards with a 22 hornet is reason enough to spruik to all and sundry...heck, I would drive into town and tell strangers of it.
Good shooting.
It was a one time thing. Deer was standing next to a rock I had been shooting squirrels off for three days. 10X Burris scope was dialled in. a bunch of deer came into the field and the woman who owned the field told me to shoot them. I told her August was not exactly deer season. She reached into her purse and came out with a stack agricultural kill tags. I was shooting a contender with a 14" barrel in 22 hornet with home swaged bullets. The deer presented me a great spine shot and I took it. It fell into it's own shadow.
I do not recommend the hornet for deer but under the right conditions it will do the job.
