Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting .223 for whitetail - yes or no?

my dad used to kill deer with a 22 hornet, at moderate ranges. it worked just fine. hit in the lungs they never ran more than and other thing they were hit with. over the years i have killed too many to remember with 223, 22-250 and 220 swift. i have never lost a deer from one of those rounds and i have killed many! most people that say no have no experience at all shooting deer with a hot 22 high power rifle. a couple of years ago i was overrun with does, they had to be thinned out. i have a friend who has a 17 Remington, i told him i wanted to do an experiment with it. he brought it and we went hunting. he shot a 100LB doe at a measured 100yds behind the shoulder. she bounced off 40yds or so and fell dead. the bullet was a hand loaded 25gr. Hornaday HP. it took out 3 ribs going in, it made liquid out of both lungs. i am not saying a 17 rem. is a deer round, but it didn't bounce off either. this is what it done,,,,,,,,,,,