.223 for deer?

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white92coupe

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Read below:



I actually did not know that until just now, and he's right; it's in the regs.



No ballistic tip bullets allowed.


From my talks with Game wardens, and calling the highest person on the list I could get a hold of a few years ago that statement is about using anything that is not a FMJ bullet. I was calling them and asking what was allowed for using my M&P. they consider partitions a soft point because the copper jacket does not cover the ballistic tip.
 

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I shot a small buck the other day with sierra 69 grain Matchking (HPBT) over a hot load of Varget entered in front of the front shoulder 2/3 up the deer and stopped under the skin behind the rib cage approximately 15-18 in penetration. There was only half of the heart left, maybe a quarter of one lung, liver was just nicked by a fragment, and stomach by another bullet recovered weighed about 35 grains. He ran about 25 yards and crashed, and now time to have some steaks :D
 

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My son and I both got bucks using 65gr. Sierra Gamekings in a .223 handload. His dropped right there and mine traveled less than 50 yds. The bullets passed through the chest cavity and turned the lungs to mush on both deer.
 

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until I got on this forum, I had never heard of folks doing so. Grew up in Noble/Payne county and just never heard of guys using it, my bil game ranger did catch a poacher using one if that counts, lol.
 

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