Best .223 round for deer?

[trw2094]

Don't try to out shoot your ability / shot placement is the key! bullet weight ? any weight that your rifle shoots best! a 22lr will drop any deer, 223 / 5.56 is traveling at Mach 3 has a big advantage. I have taken four over the years one with a AR-180 the other three with colts. all with FMJ

it is not a good idea to shoot deer with FMJ bullets, nor is ethical!!!

 

[kuduman]

it is not a good idea to shoot deer with FMJ bullets, nor is ethical!!!

And most definitely illegal in GA.

 

[JHV2]

it is not a good idea to shoot deer with FMJ bullets, nor is ethical!!!

... nor legal in GA. p.12 of the 2016 Hunting regulations: (emphasis mine) "Modern Rifles and Handguns: Center fire Only, .22-cal. or larger with expanding bullets"

 

[medium187mph]

all kidding aside
the one you place through the neck or above

I shot a doe with a 12g slug at 15 yards in the neck. Through and through and she dropped, popped back up, and my buddy @wagon dropped her about 1000 yards away in another field....

Funny thing is we both shot the same one and didn't realize it till we recovered his...

Absolute true story!

 

[PopPop]

64 grain Winchester power point, approximately 200 yard shot.

 

[24on48hunting]

A neck shot isn't always a sure thing. Deflating the lungs or hitting a chamber in the heart is......
Besides, tracking one after the shot is a part of the hunt.
I've followed some tough blood trails in my hunting career and those deer are the ones that stand out in my memories.

 

[BHJ]

I shot a doe with a 12g slug at 15 yards in the neck. Through and through and she dropped, popped back up, and my buddy @wagon dropped her about 1000 yards away in another field....

Funny thing is we both shot the same one and didn't realize it till we recovered his...

Absolute true story!

I too have a 1/2 mile tracking story from a "neck shot" with a .30-06 ballistic tip that hit just under the spine no less, Trachea was hanging out a hole the size of a cantaloupe the whole way. wont make that mistake again.

 

[24on48hunting]

I shot a doe with a 12g slug at 15 yards in the neck. Through and through and she dropped, popped back up, and my buddy @wagon dropped her about 1000 yards away in another field....

Funny thing is we both shot the same one and didn't realize it till we recovered his...

Absolute true story!

A hit in "no man's land". It happens.

 

[k_c_bass]

I'm sure there are many great bullets out there, but for the past several years I have had good success with Winchester 64 grain powermax. It is a bonded hollow point.

 

[FrogHunter]

I have three mounts on my wall, all with 223/5.56 silver 62 gr HP . One went about 50 yds ... tumbling down a hill. Shot placement don't care about caliber.