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    22-250 on Deer...

    Just a quick note for the nay-sayers...

    Sunday morning my 6 year old son shot a doe with his new 22-250, a Browning Micro-Midas. She was quartering towards us. His shot entered about in the middle of her shoulder, got both lungs, top of the heart, demolished the liver, a little gut, and exited about mid rib on the far side. She ran about 40 yards and died. Ammo was Remington 55 gr PSP. This is VERY typical performance from a 22-250. I've seen it A LOT on both does and bucks. It is definitely not just a "shoot them in the head or neck" caliber.

    He was cold and didn't want to take pics. We did take pics on Friday of his FIRST buck, but that will be in another thread.
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    #2
    Couldn't agree more shot two deer this year and did not have on e run over 30 yards. Great caliber for deer Imo.

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      #3
      Awesome!!!!

      What happened to the 7mm-08?

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        #4
        Originally posted by ShockValue View Post
        Awesome!!!!

        What happened to the 7mm-08?
        In that little gun it kicks way too much, even with the managed recoil loads.

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          #5
          Very nice! My buddy shot a doe this weekend with my .223 in the shoulder and ran 20 yards and dropped, my cousin shot a spike with same gun did same thing. And then the .204 gets the job done every time for me of course. It's not the bows fault for not killing the animal it's the Indians. Aka people compensate for poor shooting ability with their big guns.

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            #6
            I love the 22-250. My buddy shot the monster on the left with one. Right through the heart and he dropped where he stood. Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement!

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              #7
              Originally posted by MySRT8U View Post
              I love the 22-250. My buddy shot the monster on the left with one. Right through the heart and he dropped where he stood. Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement!
              That is a good looking buck and great main beams.

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                #8
                Absolutely NOTHING wrong with a .22-250.
                That being said, there are some situations when a different caliber would be optimal

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by KHoes203 View Post
                  Very nice! My buddy shot a doe this weekend with my .223 in the shoulder and ran 20 yards and dropped, my cousin shot a spike with same gun did same thing. And then the .204 gets the job done every time for me of course. It's not the bows fault for not killing the animal it's the Indians. Aka people compensate for poor shooting ability with their big guns.
                  I have more deer missed with a .300 mag every year than all other calibers combined for all years Ive been guiding. Every time someone whips one out to shoot in before the hunt, I cringe.

                  My youngest son was pretty small until he was late into high school. My 22-250 was his deer killing weapon. Nothing but shoulder shots and dead deer.

                  Congrats to your son Chance.

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                    #10
                    Killed quite a few with a 22-250 when I was a kid. Awesome round for whitetails. Congrats to your son!

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                      #11
                      Speed kills. A .223 will do the job but the .22-250 or calibers sending bullets that fast just vaporize the lungs/heart. Although deer are "big", they are thin skinned and varmint loads especially broadside in the lungs instantly drops them.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by rtp View Post
                        I have more deer missed with a .300 mag every year than all other calibers combined for all years Ive been guiding. Every time someone whips one out to shoot in before the hunt, I cringe.

                        My youngest son was pretty small until he was late into high school. My 22-250 was his deer killing weapon. Nothing but shoulder shots and dead deer.

                        Congrats to your son Chance.
                        No recoil with the .22-250 where even I wear a thick padded shooting jacket for a .300 Mag because they KICK!!! Squeezing the trigger on a bench it is easy to stack bullets with a .300 Mag but the recoil can hard to manage. Not trying to kill a grizzly bear.

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                          #13
                          My son has killed two bucks with is 250, they were both lung shots and the deer did run a pretty good ways, both bucks were over 200 pounds. I think I am going to get him something a little larger since he can handle the recoil now.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Chance Love View Post
                            In that little gun it kicks way too much, even with the managed recoil loads.
                            Dang. It's a nice gun anyway and he'll be ready for it in a year or two.

                            I was really surprised at the recoil of the regular loads when I sighted mine in. That's why we went to the reduced recoil. It still kicks too much to shoot at the range, so we practice with the .22.

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                              #15
                              Way to go for the lil guy!!

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