The police in my town were investigating the killing a deer with a pellet gun in 2020.
An elephant was killed in Kaeng Krachan National Park with a 22LR in 2013.
25 years ago I realized the most common cartridges used on Elk would scale down to imply the 223 is overkill for any deer.
The fallacy in my reasoning is that the appropriate cartridge is used for the game. What really happens is that hunters use the cartridge they can handle* and work backwards to justify it.............. just like reasoning in politics.
* 10 pound rifles for men and 5 pound rifles for boys.... then work backwards to justify.
