Thread: .223 can knock over a stag?

I have seen a mate drop a 12pt Red on it's arse with a LH T3. It weighed 75kg on the hook. Can't place enough emphasis on placement. So critical on larger animals
I used the same rifle on a Fallow. Felt strange shooting a LH

I think all the Scully posts are just a pisstake from someone

Originally Posted by sako75

I think all the Scully posts are just a pisstake from someone

Be interesting if the admins could do a match on the IP adress and see if he's a regular

"I think all the Scully posts are just a pisstake from someone"

My thoughts as well Sako75....was a good laugh though....aye!

Originally Posted by Scouser

"I think all the Scully posts are just a pisstake from someone"

My thoughts as well Sako75....was a good laugh though....aye!

True that...
...And short answer is definitely a no! Unless you are an old Rambo.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Be interesting if the admins could do a match on the IP adress and see if he's a regular

One of the first things checked

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

One of the first things checked

So who was it

He did seem to know who all the old buggers were aye

Originally Posted by Gibo

He did seem to know who all the old buggers were aye

Yep. He sent me a few PM`s

Originally Posted by Pengy

Yep. He sent me a few PM`s

Yeharrrr, im 'young' again....for a fossil......

Originally Posted by Pengy

Yep. He sent me a few PM`s

And Twoshot. He has feck all hair but he's not that old

Having the right shooting skills, good judgement and enough self control, a 223/222 should be fine for deer(including stags).

However, only once these things above are sorted, try to go for something bigger. a 243 will offer both Varmint and Big game abilities.

I've shot 8-10 deer (including stags) with a 223 Rem and now my 223 Max. Personally, I believe that having enough self control to shoot or not shoot, consider what shot options are presented at the time(including bullet path/angle once in side the animal) and if you can be a very sneaky bastard while stalking, get into in. Otherwise, go bigger!

This was a summer time stag, stalked into about 10-12 meters and shot though the front of chest, down though the heart, with a 60gr Nosler Partition, going very, very, very fast(3550fps) out of my 223Max. It didn't take another step.

Bullet construction is pretty important too. The Partition is a great, well constructed bullet for deer, but can struggle to group in some rifles. I over came this by making it go faster.



Also had a few around 50-70 meters on spikers. Again, waiting for the correct shot to present itself and understanding that not shooting the deer in front of you is actually OK. I've walked away from animals after deciding that I cannot make the right shot at the time.

For the record, I do most (90%) of my hunting with 270WSM (140 or 150gr bullet) to ensure that I have a greater range of options when I find and animal, this includes; greater distance, better in the wind and if shooting just before dark, preventing the animal from running as far after a shot and not been able to recover it in the dark.

I shot 3 deer with 3 shots last night with the 223. A large hind, a large spiker and a stag. All 3 were shoulder shots at ranges between 150 and 200 metres. The spiker I pulled the shot slightly and shot him a bit far forward and he ran about 60 metres down into the scrub before keeling over. The other two dropped on the spot

There are deer were I hunt wallabies I carry a 222 with me if one is dumb enough to stick around while I'm flattening roos I will be giving him or her a head ache

I was gonna say if you were running a 7mm or 6.5 why would you run shit bullets?

In case no one has told you the truth yet, the only way to kill deer is to let sunlight in to their body's.
So as you go higher up in caliber size the more sunlight you let in and thus kill the deer deader.
I would consider the sectional coverage of a .223 to be on the minimal side, a larger window of sunlight provided by a .243 would be preferred