Originally Posted by BruceM

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You haven't lived until you see a deer running around in the woods with the lower jaw or muzzle shot away. I've seen enough mutilated deer at the processor to develop a distinctly strong dislike for those who take head shots and it has nothing to do with the shooter's marksmanship but rather the unpredictable nature of wild animals. I don't know what to say about using the .223 on deer except to say I prefer not to cut things to the very quick. Many old timers in northern Wisconsin switched from .30-30's to the .30-06 because they liked neck shots and they experienced too many lost animals with the .30-30. For my part, a heart lung shot makes the deer go down in short order and there is not significant meat loss unless you put one on the front shoulder. At that point why fool around with a head or neck shot?

Bruce