I figured some of you on here would like to hear about a little east coast elk hunt that I did in Kentucky earlier in December.
For those unaware, KY re-introduced elk about 10-15 years ago. Since then, the program has been successful with the population growing to over 10,000 estimated elk in...
Got a nice north Georgia buck this morning. Saw a few does moving early, then nothing for a while. Then this guy took a walk into view and the rest is history.
Technically you didn't say for what... yes, I have slayed many small critters with a .223...
For a deer, with the right bullet selection you should be just fine out to about 2-300 yards if you know what you're doing.
That's what happens when you take a cartridge designed for killing a 1,500 animal at 5-600 yards and shoot a little Georgia deer at 100.
Blowing apart varmint animals are one thing (which can be fun), but doing so to game animals is just a waste.
Having lived out west, hunting at longer distances is not that uncommon. The animals are quite intelligent, and pronghorn or "speed goats" do require a bit of skill and stalking to get even a 300 yd shot on a big male. It's just a different type of hunting, but it does take more skill and...
It can be done, especially on the small deer around here.
Federal Fusion, anything with the Barnes TSX and the Winchester Power Point 64gr are all good bullets.