MCgunner
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Rimfire is illegal for deer in Texas. I think that might be in part due to the fact that it's the poacher's favorite tool.
Folks sometimes ask me what I think of a kid using a .22-250 for deer. Now, the .22-250 is a heckuva lot more gun than .22 mag. I tell 'em if the kid can't handle a .243, he's got no business deer hunting, JMHO. When I was 11 years old, I was already head shooting squirrel out to 50 yards with a very accurate Remington bolt .22, but I killed my first deer that year with a .257 Roberts, on the run at 75 yards partially obscured by the ridge of a ravine. I couldn't have shot that deer with a rimfire.
Modern times, there are better bullets for .22 centerfire guns and our deer aren't that big down here. I've mellowed on the .22-250. Now, I have no use for one, don't want one for deer hunting, but a well placed shot from a .22-250 in the lungs with the proper controlled expansion bullet can do the job on Texas whitetail, especially hill country deer, more the size of a big coyote. LOL Another reason I'd rather be in the stand with that old .257 or my .308, though, is that we have a lot of hogs down here and I like to shoot 'em and they're a lot bigger and tougher than a deer.
Folks sometimes ask me what I think of a kid using a .22-250 for deer. Now, the .22-250 is a heckuva lot more gun than .22 mag. I tell 'em if the kid can't handle a .243, he's got no business deer hunting, JMHO. When I was 11 years old, I was already head shooting squirrel out to 50 yards with a very accurate Remington bolt .22, but I killed my first deer that year with a .257 Roberts, on the run at 75 yards partially obscured by the ridge of a ravine. I couldn't have shot that deer with a rimfire.
Modern times, there are better bullets for .22 centerfire guns and our deer aren't that big down here. I've mellowed on the .22-250. Now, I have no use for one, don't want one for deer hunting, but a well placed shot from a .22-250 in the lungs with the proper controlled expansion bullet can do the job on Texas whitetail, especially hill country deer, more the size of a big coyote. LOL Another reason I'd rather be in the stand with that old .257 or my .308, though, is that we have a lot of hogs down here and I like to shoot 'em and they're a lot bigger and tougher than a deer.