Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Nobody talked about shot of jaws or not been able to find mortally wounded deer when shot placement isn't perfect.
Use the right cartridge for the right job.
There's a few on here that are capable and have the judgement to call the shot to be humane with the said 223.
To be fair it's a fairly small percentage of people I have seen shoot.
Basically nobody skites about their fuckups

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True. People don't talk about the bad shots they make but at the end of the day, a deer shot in the jaw is a deer shot in the jaw no matter what cartridge you are using.
There are probably more deer wounded with big magnum cartridges than 223s these days. I have watched YouTube clips of people using the big muzzle braked magnums at range and it is obvious they are not proficient with them. They seem to think that if they have a dial-up scope and a range finder the big cartridge will do the rest. Like you say with the 223, there are few on here that have the ability to use those rifles at long range in the field and get a 100% kill rate.
I haven't had any fuckups with the 223 on deer (yet) but as long as I keep clearly in mind that it is a 223rem, I am confident my judgement will prevent me from making those fuckups. It is very much like taking up bow hunting. It gives you limitations that you have to be mindful of, and that is part of the fun/challenge of using one.