Posted: 10/19/2008 4:51:17 AM EDT
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I live in GA (formerly from AZ), and my brother in Mesa asked me if .223/5.56 is legal for deer. It is in GA. From perusing the AZ hunting regs, it looks at first glance like any centerfire caliber is okay as long as the rifle is using a 5-round magazine. However, the same also seems to be true of elk, which is a little less believable. That makes me think I'm missing something. Is there someplace in the regs other than R12-4-304 that spells this out? |
Thanks for the reply. I haven't ever used .223 on deer myself, but have used a bow. At least in the places I have hunted here in GA, shots are 25 yds or so. I also use a .30-30 with open sights, but that's at short range, too, which is different from the deserts there. Thanks! |
I doubt he'll go after elk. If he does I'll guide him to something a little more substantial. I actually have my doubts about how often he'll put in for deer. Thanks! |
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while you can take Elk with a .243 (and I have ) shot placement is key and you need the right load that will penetrate with out comeing apart. I have found that a 33 cal is perfect for elk and any 33 cal will do over 2200 fps ,338 win mag,340 weatherby being ideal . they drop where you shoot them and are dead when when you get to them and you won't destroy the meat ether . |
| I'd say .220 Swift or .22-250 is about as small as I'd go for whitetail or coues, maybe even mule deer if you have a clean shot within 200 yards or so. I'm a big fan of one shot one immediate kill so I wouldn't even consider taking a shot unless I was certain I'd drop it right there. Typically, I hunt with a .30-06 for everything up to elk, and even then I make sure I'll drop them in one shot. I took a whitetail at 600 yards one year and it was probably the worst situation I've been in as far as taking a shot I probably shouldn't have. For close in stuff, I think a 30-30 lever action is probably the most fun hunting you'll ever have. |