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The biggest I've seen, my butcher from years back used a .22 Mag to kill butcher animals. So, how about a 1 ton bull..

Right between the eyes, lights out. Maybe not game, but big.

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The .22 Magnum is specifically allowed, while all other .17 and .22 rimfire cartridges are prohibited.

This is the actual wording:

§11454. Hunting deer with .22 caliber rimfire cartridge
1. Prohibition. A person may not hunt deer with any firearms using a .17 or .22 caliber rimfire cartridge, except that the use of the .22 caliber rimfire magnum cartridge is not prohibited.
[ 2005, c. 477, §12 (AMD) .]

Hungry Hungry Hippos. One of the Big Five.

My father in law told me stories of when he was kid and times were tough, him and his old man would take the family sedan out to some fruit orchards to poach deer to feed the family. A single shot 22 mag, one shot in the neck. Tarp all laid out in the trunk, throw the deer in there and get outta dodge.

I'm pretty sure a bull would be considered game in Texas, provided you shoot it from an elevated position while it's standing over a pile of feed.

Well I appreciate the folks at Maine DEM for validating my educated guess. 👍

kilt several young feeder steers & grade heifers with a .22 rf pistol up close. lights out. 40 grain because that's all we had.

all the hogs got kilt in the pen with lr .22 with the bullet cut in half. didn't want it to penetrate beyond the brain pan into the neck meat.

.22 mags have been the choice of rural "deer hunters" for ages. the game wardens know it works, but it's still illegal in ga.

22 mag for years was known as the poacher`s special,alot of poor families in Minnesota up north used a 22 mag to get fresh meat ! a good friend who is a butcher always use`s a 22 mag to slaughter all his animals to butcher,size does not matter to him 1 head shot with the 22 mag and its down.

I've killed several deer with a .22 mag already and several more with a .22LR and 5mm Remington magnum rimfire. I won't know what the biggest critter I'd use it on will be until I run into one that needs killing with the .22 mag. in my hands.

Neck shots? What bullet?

Neck shots, head shots and lung shots. Various 40 grain solids in .22LR {head shots only} Winchester 40 gr JHP's in .22 mag. { head, neck and lung shots} and Remington 38 gr PLHP's in the 5mm {neck and lung}. Never had a lung shot deer go more than 75 yards with .22 mag.. the Win 40 gr. JHP will penetrate completely through the chest cavity/lungs of a 140 lb. deer broadside. All shots taken inside 60 yards except for one head shot at 80 yards.

I've heard lots of stories but the biggest "game" I've personally killed are Bobcats...some called...some treed.

I SEE THE>> 22 mag kills Deer!! and kills them well MM>> I see the .17 boys are Quit MMN>> how would you say >>silent!!

One more thing we should talk is the 22 mag bullet itself!!>I have heard that that the 22 mag bullet is made more like a centerfire bullet and much superior then the 22 long bullet!! ??

I see>> EH<>>is mouthing OFF>I think these varmints would disagree about the .17HMR being "garbage" and a "paper puncher.">> Tell US> the Deer you brought down with your .17?

Talk is cheap.

"Luckily",Imagination and Pretend are free...for you Day Dreaming Do NOTHING Dumb Fhuqks.

Hint..................

That's a pretty dumb question.

Good answer.

I don't hunt deer with a .17 HMR,I prefer something bigger. I wonder how many deer are wounded and lost with the .22 mag?

Many an elk and deer around this part of the world have been killed with a .22 mag. While most of them have been done illegally and at night, many have been killed to feed a family. Not by me either.

There has been many a poacher from neighboring counties have been busted shooting trophy animals and leaving the carcass to rot. Thank God the game and fish eventually catch some of them.