Of all the rounds Ive shot deer with. 223 sucked the most at it.
Years ago I was hunting on a 50acre pasture. The Grove, Texas. So you can guess the size of the deer. At about 70yards, holding a Ruger ranch, heaviest weight bullet I could find. Two does pop up.
None of my tags had been filled. anyway...
The first one took a round in the lower neck and dropped like a wet sack of meat. The second one turned and came back to check out why it's buddy wasn't running too. "Impressed" with the drop of the neck shot. I decided to see what it would do in the vitals. She took one right behind the shoulder. "Heart shot"
For all I know, she's still running. I spent two+ hours looking for her. Most of that time was on hands and knees looking for a blood trail. Which was two drops on the ground, where she first got poked. What a piss off knowing she had to deal with some major pain.
Even if the Ruger threw the round off and it hit the lungs. Something bigger would have blew them out into a pink fluffy mess. She wouldn't have ran more then the 200yard circle area I looked. Plus had a blood trail. And hell no, she wasn't under some cedar tree. They were only on a fence line. And thats the first place I checked. It was not that bushy.
The one that took it in the neck. Had a neat hole, with a pathetic exit wound. I'm surprised she dropped. So if you're gonna be using that AR15 in 223 this year to hunt deer. Good luck. Cause it sucks.
Years ago I was hunting on a 50acre pasture. The Grove, Texas. So you can guess the size of the deer. At about 70yards, holding a Ruger ranch, heaviest weight bullet I could find. Two does pop up.
None of my tags had been filled. anyway...
The first one took a round in the lower neck and dropped like a wet sack of meat. The second one turned and came back to check out why it's buddy wasn't running too. "Impressed" with the drop of the neck shot. I decided to see what it would do in the vitals. She took one right behind the shoulder. "Heart shot"
For all I know, she's still running. I spent two+ hours looking for her. Most of that time was on hands and knees looking for a blood trail. Which was two drops on the ground, where she first got poked. What a piss off knowing she had to deal with some major pain.
Even if the Ruger threw the round off and it hit the lungs. Something bigger would have blew them out into a pink fluffy mess. She wouldn't have ran more then the 200yard circle area I looked. Plus had a blood trail. And hell no, she wasn't under some cedar tree. They were only on a fence line. And thats the first place I checked. It was not that bushy.
The one that took it in the neck. Had a neat hole, with a pathetic exit wound. I'm surprised she dropped. So if you're gonna be using that AR15 in 223 this year to hunt deer. Good luck. Cause it sucks.