Thread: .222 .223 .222mag .5.56.. THE CALIBRE OF CHOICE FOR MANY HUNTERS

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I have a intense hatred for the heart shot and anyone I take will be instructed to shoot for the lungs and how to.
But more than that I really really hate how virtually every piece of literature instructs people to aim for a heart shot, It seems to be an American thing.

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Hi Cam, Yes its is amazing how little is really known about the heart shot. Probably the worst part of the deal is how many deer are lost from heart shots. When they break it is always directly downhill and 150 yards is a bloody big climb with a stag on your back just to get it back to where you started.

This has had me wondering for a while Cam. These serious shooting accidents where very experienced men have shot another hunter.

Have these very experience men actually shot many deer?. Because they aren't picking their shots. The evidence I have read gives me the impression that they are intent on driving a bullet anywhere into the body of what they have dimly perceived to be a deer.

Surely with roughly only one third the target area being a fatal shot there is a basic flaw in many hunters techniques. Careful bullet placement techniques are indeed not being used here at all.

I have thought about this a bit. Commonly in bush hunting the first thing you see is head movement. So OK I got a head here. Now I got a leg. Now I got a back leg. Half way between these two legs, a foot up from the knuckle start looking for hair and the gap to slide the 223 projectile through. (Actually I am talking more sika here as they are always behind cover when they squeal at you). But it is similar with other species.)

Now if the people that are going to have shooting accidents were actually acquiring certain aiming spots on the deer then surely it would be nearly impossible to mistake a person for a deer?. Again to go further here Cam, as lots of forum members have pointed out already: To kill a deer with a 223 you have to be very selective as to the spot where you place your bullet.

Surely the sensible answer here is to throw the seven or nine rules, such as 'Identify your target' out the bloody window and make all hunters carry 223. There now, problem solved.