kaferhaus
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I harvest several white tails every year with the .223. I neck shoot them and they drop on the spot. 90% of the deer shot in this country are shot under 100yds. If you can't make a neck shot from that range, you have no business in the woods with a rifle to begin with.
Like the previous poster I've seen deer hit in the boiler room with 22 center fires run a short distance. I've also seen them hit with 300 win mags run off never to be found.
It's unusual to shoot any big game animal in the heart/lungs and have them drop like a rock. It usually takes a central nervous system hit to do that.
Like the previous poster I've seen deer hit in the boiler room with 22 center fires run a short distance. I've also seen them hit with 300 win mags run off never to be found.
It's unusual to shoot any big game animal in the heart/lungs and have them drop like a rock. It usually takes a central nervous system hit to do that.