Fiahblade

From using a 22-250 on Tx deer , to seeing many taken with a 22-250 in tx , it will do the job fine. If someone on here or anywhere tells you it wont then they are dumb.Hit em straight through the shoulder / spine and they will hit the ground like a safe.

zrexpilot

I have personaly seen the 22-250 with 55 gr hollow points blow holes in deer you could put your fist in, course these were 100lb texas hill country deer. but Ive never seen other calibers do that on the same size deer here.

rick_reno

Yes - a neck shot would work with that bullet.

SWAMPMAN

Fiahblade,
I wasn't sure if I was dumb or not. Thanks for enlightening me. You can do whatever you want in Texas or any other state, but you're not hunting deer on my property with a cf 22. What I don't get is why anyone would want to. It's a varmint cartridge. I have no doubt that if placed properly, it will kill a whitetail, but for every marksman capable of threading that needle, how many others are out there that aren't and try to copy you because they think it's "cool". Have a little respect for the game you're hunting and use a proper deer cartridge. Additionally, I don't want "fist size holes "through my shoulder or neck roasts anyway.

texhookem

SWAMPMAN I asked a simple question, i wanted to know whether or not a 22-250 loaded with bt's would take a smallish size doe with a neck shot. I did not ask for your oppinion on whether or not youd allow me to do it on your property, like i said in my post i did not want a debate i just wanted to know if it would do the job. I have other big game rifles suited to the job and i would never shoot a trophy buck which could weigh over 200 pounds on the hoof with a 22-250. Id use my 300 or 30-06 for that. I would rather put a doe down on the spot with a neck shot out of my 22-250 than have to possibly go look for in the brush, lots of catus and thorns. For a deer that weighs only around 100 pounds i know for a fact at 22-250 will do the job if you do yours, i was only wondering if ballistic tips would as well although they are poorly contructed. And on the issue of people copying me to see if its cool i know many people who start their kids off with 223's or 22-250's and they work fine(albiet they use soft point ammo as opposed to bt's), and i even know a guide who uses his 220 swift for everything, including a nilgai bull which he dropped with a neck shot.

zrexpilot

Hookem, I wouldnt reccomend the BT's, all though they will more than likely work, I suggest you go with a little better constructed bullet and go pop'em in the neck, or the heart or the lungs. LOL.

JagMagMan

The answer to the "simple question," yes a .22 CF will kill a deer! So will my .177 pellet gun, but that doesn't make them deer calibers!

Swampman, I guess we are the dumb ones! The smart ones are the ones who pick any .22 for deer hunting, when there are hundreds of better choices out there!

SWAMPMAN

texhookem,
I guess I'm not willing to horribly wound a great game animal in an effort to rack up "macho points" by doing it with a 22. If it isn't for "macho points", then why do it at all? To prove a point? Why? texhookem, I did answer your simple question, I said I'm sure it will kill a whitetail if properly placed. Also, you responded to something I wrote back to Fiahblade who said that several of us were dumb for not beleiving in the 22-250. Additionally I responded to zrexpilot who remarked about "fist sized holes" in his venison. I'm sure you can kill whitetail with a 22-250, I just don't know why you'd take a chance on wounding game when another rifle caliber can better do the job. I also know "a guide" that regularly hunts feral hogs with a spear, but I don't consider it a sane act. I responded as honestly as possible to your question, I'm sorry you didn't like my answer.

texhookem

JagMagMan i know you are trying to make a point but comparing a pellet gun to a 22-250 is ridiculous. I never said anyone was dumb and the person who made that statement was probably just trying to say that you have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to 22 centerfires for deer. I may be wrong but you have most likely never used one on a deer and have never seen one used on a deer, although i know SWAMPMAN sure hasnt because he does not allow them on his property. The point you are trying to make is based on second hand information and like i just said earlier i didnt ask for your oppinion on whether or not i should use a 22-250. I am not gonna tell you how to hunt and i dont expect you to tell me how to hunt either. I just tried to ask a simple question and this is what i get.

SWAMPMAN

SWAMPMAN regularly shoots coyotes on his property with a 22-250.