I’m really at a loss in understanding how any experienced hunter that’s killed enough animals, not fathoming the .223 being adequate to kill a whitetail.
Folks need to put grandpappy’s perspectives in the rear view mirror.
Shoot, where I grew up, the 222 and 222 Mag were big medicine. Still wouldn’t give it a thought if that’s what I had or wanted to use.
Exactly. Because it worked - and people did so by trial/experience, not opinion.
My state is filled with hunters that have never killed a deer with anything but their trusty 30.06 yet still have all kinds of opinions on what won't work for killing deer.
Deer hunting is steeped in tradition here (like many places around the country). It's also steeped in a lot of bullszchit that's been passed down over the years based on opinion rather than experience.
I used to hunt in a deer camp where the owner told me that I needed a 30-06 with 220 gr RN bullets for the brush shooting. Years later he made the same comment while my father and I were hanging up my buck that I had taken with a 264 120 grain X bullet. I just told him that I didn't come up there to shoot brush, I came there to shoot deer. When my son was 9, I started him with a 223. We didn't have any success, but that was the guide's fault. Once he got older, I bought him a 243. Not because I didn't have confidence in 223, I just wanted it back. One of these years, I'm going to see first hand what the 223 will do. A long shot where I hunt is 150 yds.
