Thread: 22 magnum on reds

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Out of interest, how much margin for error is there in hitting a deer brain with a 22LR? I ask as once I had a young goat just stand there bleating at me after 3x 22mag rounds to the head at maybe 70m. It was incapacitated enough for me to walk up and cut its throat without it running away, but not a nice feeling making an animal suffer.

Checked my zero afterwards and it was shooting an inch to the right as I'd grabbed the wrong box of ammo, it didn't take much for me to have hit a bit far forward on the skull and missed the critical part of the brain.

Not much if front or side on but looking away there is a larger margin for error height wise.

You can club a deer to death with a stick, doesn't make it ethical. Leave the .22 for small game and break out the centre fires for reds.

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

ok by the sounds of your first comment i thought you meant taking a lung/heart shot on a deer with the 22.

A brain shot with any calibre is going to kill a deer carlsen, you dont need to explain how it does it haha

Perazzi, I only spelled it out because a bunch off people think that a .22lr will richochet off a deer's skull. but its not true.

my 5 cents worth ...
good on you for having the confidence and ability to use such a small underpowered round
BUT coming here and claiming "bragging rights" dosnt sit right with me

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

You can club a deer to death with a stick, doesn't make it ethical. Leave the .22 for small game and break out the centre fires for reds.

Now, you say that, but I really doubt you could beat a deer to death with a stick. I mean, I really doubt it. It would be like trying to strangle one with your swanndri. I would take the .22 in a flash over the bow and your stick or the swanny...

Originally Posted by sakkaranz

my 5 cents worth ...
good on you for having the confidence and ability to use such a small underpowered round
BUT coming here and claiming "bragging rights" dosnt sit right with me

Are you talking to me? There are two other people on this thread who have killed over thirty - forty deer with a .22. As far as you know I havn't shot one! I was trying to help the OP with his question.

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

Are you talking to me? There are two other people on this thread who have killed over thirty - forty deer with a .22. As far as you know I havn't shot one! I was trying to help the OP with his question.

sorry was meaning the original post

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

Are you talking to me?

Watch yourself mate...............DeNiro is getting angry

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

Now, you say that, but I really doubt you could beat a deer to death with a stick. I mean, I really doubt it. It would be like trying to strangle one with your swanndri. I would take the .22 in a flash over the bow and your stick or the swanny...

.22 over a bow? Mate I think that's a biiiig exaggeration unless you have genuinely no idea about what a bow is capable of doing.

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

.22 over a bow? Mate I think that's a biiiig exaggeration unless you have genuinely no idea about what a bow is capable of doing.

I am sure he is meaning in regards to a clean shot with a .22 at a sensible range. I agree. A clean shot from a .22 will immediately immobilise/kill a deer or the like. An arrow in most cases allows it to run off and bleed out.

I honestly dont get carlson highways point...
Anything to the brain will kill a deer, drop it on the spot, i could put a arrow in a deers brain and it would drop it on the spot. FACT

If we are comparing apples with apples you would need to compare the same shot placement e.g lung/heart. A bow is going to be FAR more effective than a 22lr.....

Originally Posted by R93

I am sure he is meaning in regards to a clean shot with a .22 at a sensible range. I agree. A clean shot from a .22 will immediately immobilise/kill a deer or the like. An arrow in most cases allows it to run off and bleed out.

If the only way to cleanly kill an animal with a certain weapon is to head shoot it then I think the question has been answered as to whether it is an ethical choice or not.

who says you cant shoot a deer in the head with a bow?

whitetail Head shot with bow - YouTube

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

I honestly dont get carlson highways point...
Anything to the brain will kill a deer, drop it on the spot, i could put a arrow in a deers brain and it would drop it on the spot. FACT

If we are comparing apples with apples you would need to compare the same shot placement e.g lung/heart. A bow is going to be FAR more effective than a 22lr.....

+1

As a non-bow hunter I have no idea, what sort of accuracy do you get from a bow?