Thread: 22 magnum on reds

Where did he say he never misses? People can miss at 20m with a 308, doesn't mean you can't kill deer reliably with one.

maybe bavarian hunter and carlsen highway need to get a room...

Originally Posted by sakkaranz

maybe bavarian hunter and carlsen highway need to get a room...

or over it

Just to bring a variation to the forum, has anyone shot and killed deer with buckshot, I fired 4 shots with a 12 gauge pump with 3 inch buckshot, at 3 hinds close together from 70 meters and got nothing, is this the norm?

Haha im going to stay out of this one....

At 70m that's probably quite normal

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Originally Posted by lloydcj

Just to bring a variation to the forum, has anyone shot and killed deer with buckshot, I fired 4 shots with a 12 gauge pump with 3 inch buckshot, at 3 hinds close together from 70 meters and got nothing, is this the norm?

Be a bit far maybe? I've only used it on a turkey at 50m, 3 shots only one pellet in it.

Originally Posted by lloydcj

Just to bring a variation to the forum, has anyone shot and killed deer with buckshot, I fired 4 shots with a 12 gauge pump with 3 inch buckshot, at 3 hinds close together from 70 meters and got nothing, is this the norm?

lolll

Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway

You never did, Perazzi, neither did I. I said you can't, but that you can kill a deer reliably at 75 metres with a .22 magnum with head and top of the neck shots. What there to dispute?

Bavarian, the .243 is the minimum stick size for beating a deer to death with.

Jesus you guys are hard work

There's a certain aggressive lack of reading comprehension

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

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

My Bavarian Australian mate rings up an salient point here - if the only shot is a head shot then is it an ethical choice?
I think the answer is that within the range you can reliably do that then the answer is yes, but the question limits the full answer - a high neck shot will kill them just as dead. I know a couple of guys who have killed deer with chest shots with .22LR (not magnum) one was through the side behind the leg and it slipped through the ribs, the other fired from diagonally from the rear and it went behind the ribs and forward through the lungs. The .22 bullet will penetrate quite a long waysince its going so slow, especially solids. People would be suprised I think.
But I think we can agree that a .22 magnum on deer is best left to experienced chaps.

Originally Posted by lloydcj

Just to bring a variation to the forum, has anyone shot and killed deer with buckshot, I fired 4 shots with a 12 gauge pump with 3 inch buckshot, at 3 hinds close together from 70 meters and got nothing, is this the norm?

Seriously? If so, yup, its the norm. I have killed and seen a few shot, with buckshot. TBF 20-25m max, for any real consistency at all. Thats down to pattern. A pellet would kill a deer at 70 if it sconed it, but as you found out it is unlikely.

I can count quite easily how many deer and the like animals I have body shot in my life. Is a head shot ethical? Meat shooting demanded it if you wanted to get paid.

I like headshots. I think I've only ever fucked up 2.

I shot a rabbit at 76 meters with #4 shot once

Originally Posted by gimp

I shot a rabbit at 76 meters with #4 shot once

I ranged it because I was like, nah, that didn't just happen