Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

Any suggestion for 223 rifle, except sako85? Thank you. Nice work!! But, all the guts, organs and tendons, how would you like to use or dispose them?

The guts and organs rot on the hill but I always slash the stomach to get the break down going and I always put them in as a discrete place as I can. No matter whether Im on public or private land. I personally don't eat offal.

Often I bone the deer out on the hill and the same as above - everything is left out of sight if I can

When I was selling deer back in the day there was a market for tendons with the dew claws on them so I used to bring them out and dry them to sell. Now it all gets dumped or left on the hill.

The stuff that I take home that is not edible (like skins and bones on whole gutted deer) I put into black plastic rubbish bags and take to the City dump. Sometimes people take some bones for their dogs.

I don't know of a bad brand of .223. From my experience I would choose from a Savage, Howa, CZ, M7 Remington or Tikka. Tikka are the safest choice. Just my opinion. I would choose from those brands because they all have a faster twist. 1:9 or faster. I would go for a 1:8. Then you can shoot lighter and heavier bullets.