I was killing deer with .222's, ,223's and .22-250's long before any of these super "deer bullets" even existed. Folks who think it takes super special bullets to kill deer with a .22 crack me up. You must have listened to all the old gun rag hacks that repeatedly said .22 centerfires were not adequate for deer because the bullets would blow up on the surface and not penetrate deep enough to kill. Those gun rag hacks were full of shyt all along. I have killed dozens of deer with ordinary 50 and 55 grain soft points from .222's and .223's and never had that happen. One of the biggest bucks I've ever killed fell instantly to one 50 gr. Nosler solid base through the lungs from a .222..
I grew up with a bunch of guys that used running hounds on coyotes.
They mainly ran 22-250s because of their speed and ability to catch a running coyote. Some used 223s.
Most of the guys used the same rifle 1 week out of the year for deer and used a 52 grain match bullet or 55 grain Gameking bullet on both the deer and coyotes. Never heard em complain about having issues killing deer.
Wonder if some of this stuff is regional or not.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
