When I was culling and meat hunting I used the 222 Rem a lot and shot plenty of animals, I used the 50 gr Winchester a lot and found it worked well on body shots even on big redskins. It was good for...
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 09:36 PM
You will be fine. Crease shot or neck
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 09:35 PM
It's good to see blokes advocating sensible use of the .22s on fallow. If you even hint at thinking about using .22s in the UK on a tiddly little muntjac or a roe you'll be publicly hung drawn and...
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 09:35 PM
I ran federal blue box 50grs. Good speed and never seen damage like that on an animal
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 09:35 PM
I don't take my 223 bushstalking for fallow, even though it's short range shooting there is a high chance of less-than-ideal shots being presented. In open country and with a choice of animals/shots...
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 09:34 PM
used mine on fallow no problems using 55gr sp
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 09:34 PM
I've been using 50gr Norma out of mine with good results, shoulder and neck shots. Great caliber for the kids also:)
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 09:34 PM
Only fallow I shot with my 222 ate shit. Dead before it hit the floor from a neck shot
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 09:34 PM
Picked this up today. Shooting 175 SMK @2730 and 168 Berger Hybrids at 2850 into 10-11mm groups. 93700
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 04:09 PM
An old mate only has one rifle in his gun safe for the last 30+ years a Sako vixen 222 and using 55gr soft points.
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 12:29 PM
Before I went to a 223, I had a few 222's and shot a good number of deer for the freezer. I kept it all under 150m and shot for front of shoulder (hilar zone) or if I could, shoot between the...
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 12:21 PM
You’ve probably seen this, good example of the use of .222 / .223. Red stag, fallow, goat, doesn’t really matter, if you shoot for CNS with the same accuracy as you shoot your rabbits, you’ll find it...
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 12:21 PM
I use .223 which almost the same thing on fallow and find it awesome. I use the 55grn hornday but the last trip I used the H&F preloaded 55grn which is the Hornady and they are really accurate....
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 12:21 PM
A friend that has shot hundreds if not thousands of deer with a treble two told me to go with at least 55gr or heavier it gives you a great deal more margin for error but yes if there is a lot of...
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 12:21 PM
If you keep range to a max of 200-250 yards and are selective with what shots you take, and accurate with shot placement i think you will be just fine with Fallow. My father in law has shot heaps...
Liked On: 23-08-2018, 12:16 PM