Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by Trout

Fresh snow low down on Mt Hay this morning.
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9am and I’m still in my sleeping bag. The wallaby probably are too.

lol…@Tahr…… that dog of yrs is a camera hog….no make up ,no accessories…. Quite the boy!!!

150 yds high shoulder. Still killed it ok. 74 Targex.

Excuse my ignorance. What's a "crease shot"?

Tight in behind foreleg...goes into thick lungs,even better if animal facing angled away from you. The yanks love it,call it meat saver.

6 fellow for the Sako .223 with 77 tmk and 73 eldm not much of a test as all head shot.

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Tight in behind foreleg...goes into thick lungs,even better if animal facing angled away from you. The yanks love it,call it meat saver.

@Micky Duck thx

Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

6 fellow for the Sako .223 with 77 tmk and 73 eldm not much of a test as all head shot.

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Slaying them.

Good old mate came out with me yesterday.
Malc got 2 together. 55 grn PMC Bronze @200. He's a good shot - both high shoulder - one went straight down and the other was 15 yds away.



I got 3 with the 74 grn Targex on the way back to the ute - all with a Sytong XM03-50 thermal. Highly recommended if thats your game. 100 to 250 yards. One was a big Red hind and 2 Fallow. Red looked a few weeks off fawning. Lethal combination for culling and meat collection. Difficult to miss really. The dog is a real asset when floundering around in the dark finding the shot ones. You lose some perspective through the thermal scope so it can be difficult marking where they fall.





So there are 7 deer in the chiller, including 2 Brian and I got last week. Brian's one was shot with a dirty old 30-06. The rest .223. We will take a couple for ourselves and the rest will go to the soup kitchen. Jumped my '24 tally to 64.

Good dog,just as well you there or old bugger would still be looking.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Good old mate came out with me yesterday.
Malc got 2 together. 55 grn PMC Bronze @200. He's a good shot - both high shoulder - one went straight down and the other was 15 yds away.

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I got 3 with the 74 grn Targex on the way back to the ute - all with a Sytong XM03-50 thermal. Highly recommended if thats your game. 100 to 250 yards. One was a big Red hind and 2 Fallow. Red looked a few weeks off fawning. Lethal combination for culling and meat collection. Difficult to miss really. The dog is a real asset when floundering around in the dark finding the shot ones. You lose some perspective through the thermal scope so it can be difficult marking where they fall.

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So there are 7 deer in the chiller, including 2 Brian and I got last week. Brian's one was shot with a dirty old 30-06. The rest .223. We will take a couple for ourselves and the rest will go to the soup kitchen. Jumped my '24 tally to 64.

One of them (the one in the pic with me).

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Took the shot well, how far did it go?

Originally Posted by charliehorse

Took the shot well, how far did it go?

Tipped straight out of sight. Less than 10 yards.

Deer don't run far with a dirty old 30-06 tapping their shoulder,well done Brian.

88gr ELD-M from my 22 creedmoor this morning. Impact velocity of around 2750fps. Went in on right side, blew three ribs apart and took out the heart. Quick dash and dead. .223 would have been the same result with the 77TMK no doubt, but the ‘nice’ gun was feeling a bit left out….