Quoted: Once again we approach that time of the year for the .223 vs. Bambi debate.
Ditch the AR for deer hunting. It's pointless. I don't care what anyone says, it's sub-optimal and damn near cruel. Also risky for losing the game as they can still run a fair distance depending on your marksmanship. It's senseless. Anything less than .243, I have never understood. No matter what the reasoning is....... |
Cavalry99,
I agree with you. My main deer rifle is a .243 or a .270, but each year I usually spend more time keeping the varmints off the feeders, that I do hunting deer. Last year I shot more than 30 racoons and other varmints that were attacking the feeders. I only harvested two deer the whole season (1 shot kills from the .243). That was enough meat for me and my family. The bolt action .243 does the job but I really need an autoloading rifle that's fast handling and cheap to shoot to control the varmint population. It's a lot of fun when 5-10 varmints will come to a feeder.....and a bolt action .243 just doesn't do the job anymore.
Now before someone gets all mad about shooting all those varmints. This is a working farm I am hunting on and the racoons were decimating the corn crop. The farmer was glad I was there to help. Just in case you were wondering, yes hunting over bait is legal in this state.
I apologize for not explaining all of this in my origional post, but I didn't think it was necessary to do so.
To Everyone Else,
Thank you for the advice. I do appreciate it.
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