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Offline ILoveCats

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.223 enough for a big mule deer?
« on: November 21, 2015, 02:05:24 PM »
Yes it is! :D  Not bad for a first deer with the AR he built himself.
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Offline RobertH

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Re: .223 enough for a big mule deer?
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2015, 04:40:30 PM »
nice!
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Re: .223 enough for a big mule deer?
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2015, 04:53:04 PM »
Nice deer! .223 is good deer medicine.
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Re: .223 enough for a big mule deer?
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2015, 08:07:58 PM »
Sweet! That's a pretty nice buck.  And with s rifle he assembled himself_...?  This is great on so many levels. 

Tell him congrats.
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Re: .223 enough for a big mule deer?
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2015, 08:42:39 PM »
Wow, those Muleys are awesome critters! Shot with a his own home built rifle to ice the cake. Excellent job all the way. 8)
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Re: .223 enough for a big mule deer?
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2015, 08:59:14 AM »
While I was in college at Abilene, TX, the news paper had a story about the largest deer harvested in Taylor county. It included a photo showing the hunter standing, with his rifle in his left hand and holding a deer up in the air with his right hand. I've seen dogs that were bigger.  This was back I the mid 1960's and the region was in a drought.
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Offline ILoveCats

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Re: .223 enough for a big mule deer?
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2015, 09:39:32 AM »
Quote from: GreyGeek on November 22, 2015, 08:59:14 AM
While I was in college at Abilene, TX, the news paper had a story about the largest deer harvested in Taylor county. It included a photo showing the hunter standing, with his rifle in his left hand and holding a deer up in the air with his right hand. I've seen dogs that were bigger.  This was back I the mid 1960's and the region was in a drought.

That's funny.  It took two guys and a 12 year-old to get this one into the pickup bed.
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Re: .223 enough for a big mule deer?
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2015, 07:35:37 PM »
Beautiful Deer, what a great experience. Well done all-around.
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Re: .223 enough for a big mule deer?
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2016, 11:08:49 PM »
.223 enough for big  mule deer?   Maybe..... with good bullet placement and the right bullet and load, certainly.

If the shooter can handle them, there are better choices.


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