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Many years ago I was squirrel hunting with my cousins. One of those cousins was using a new high power .177 caliber pellet rifle.
While sitting beside a Hickory tree, a young doe walked up to within 10 yards without noticing him. This particular cousin didn't interpret the season dates too stricktly (it was ONLY a week until deer season opened anyway), so he placed a .177 pellet in the deer's brain.....and dead deer!
Sooooo....by Campfire logic, "If you put the pellet in the right place, dead deer".....this MUST mean that a .177 caliber pellet rifle is a great deer rifle just like the .223 is.
Can't very well argue with your own logic can you???
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What ever happened to the air-rifle ads about shooting hogs with pellets? 
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Deer are somewhere all the time
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Missouri it is now legal to hunt deer with air rifles that meet the leter of the law....this however I don't know or care to look up.
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What ever happened to the air-rifle ads about shooting hogs with pellets? I think those were 9mm pellets IIRC.
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If it's legal....go for it. Where is it legal?
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What's next? Sling shots? Pea shooters? Darts?
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Are sling shots legal? If they're legal....go for it.
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I prefer to stalk them butt naked through the mesquite and prickly pear, and kill them with my bare hands.
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I prefer to stalk them butt naked through the mesquite and prickly pear, and kill them with my bare hands. That's the spirit.
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I prefer to stalk them butt naked through the mesquite and prickly pear, and kill them with my bare hands. Problem is that when you turn blue from the cold, you'll scare off all the deer.
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I prefer to stalk them butt naked through the mesquite and prickly pear, and kill them with my bare hands. NEver mind.
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Do they have plastic tips?
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plus its hard to separate the deer's blood trail from your own
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If David killed a giant with a slingshot I should be able to kill a scrawney Deer with one. 
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If David killed a giant with a slingshot I should be able to kill a scrawney Deer with one. The giant was a wimp.
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What's next? Sling shots? Pea shooters? Darts? .22 Short shot shells? A .223 is not legal in CO and even if it was I doubt I'd choose one. But a .177 pellet in the brain does make 2 points: 1. Placement is primary. 2. Even with good placement, other factors can make a big difference. A .177 pellet to the ribs cannot be expected to generate the same results as a centerfire anything.
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I wonder if a guy could get the air compression chamber on a .177 AI'ed....
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and a solid nose bonded pellet for max overpenetration ?
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