TP, I am sure you look at the .223 as an awesome deer rifle in Tx.. But deer are different else where, and not shot over a pile of corn.. I shot a couple in south Tx. meat does, my pal said shot that one it is a big one.. When i got to it I thought I shot a fawn, he said no that is a bit doe.. My golden retrievers and lots bigger than that big doe.. A ,223 would have worked, I have shot coyotes almost as big...
I have killed a lot of big deer in montana, and idaho with a 222 and 55 grain bullets. That includes a big 180" mule deer buck that we guessed at 3 00 lbs. He was a monster in body size. I shot him in the chest, and he never even took one step. Now a days I have moved up in gun and kill about everything with a 243. They don't make it far with that either.
