Thread: 357 and 44 mag for deer?

Originally Posted by Bill999

I wouldnt want someone starting out to go chasing reds with a 22 hornet

Would be heaps!

My mate is a professional hunter now and shot his first dozen deer with a 22WMR!!!

Thanks for all the advice. Going to order a new marlin, either a Trapper in 44mag or a SBL in 45-70.

Can’t bloody decide!

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Would be heaps! My mate is a professional hunter now and shot his first dozen deer with a 22WMR!!!

People still do it. No point elaborating but just last year Nov on a trip I wrote up on here, I watched a highly competent young person head shooting fallow and goats with her new Magnum Research .22 WMR semi. 40gr jacketed lead hollow points. Yes I was a bit sniffy at first but kept it to myself... are you sure???... but knowing these people I thought it was unlikely to be a shitshow... It was actually very impressive. Surgical even.