223 on deer

Deer weights are an interesting thing. We ran a check station in MD for many years. We checked in 1200 deer per year and put most of them on a scale. Many times I was told my scale was wrong since "it has to weigh more than that". This was usually verified by asking the person what they weighed and then having them step on the scale!

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64 win pp

The wife and I took 4 deer 2 hogs in the last 3 weeks with the old AR and 64gr pp! bang flop dead!!!
 
Al57 said:
A 2 1/2 y/o buck that weighed 120 lbs would be a sick one here and that 193 lb " monster " would be a very average weight buck here. True monsters here will go 250 and above on the hoof . My heaviest buck to date FIELD DRESSED 210 lbs. Live weight on him would have been right at 240-245 .
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I am talking field-dressed weights here. So the biggest deer you've ever taken was 17 pounds bigger than the one I posted? That doesn't sound like any significant difference to me. That deer would have been 225 ,or better, live. Within 25 pounds or so of your monsters. NY state deer, on average, are among the largest deer in the US. Yes, we have small ones that don't have good forage around, and we have TRUE, indisputable monsters that approach 300 pounds live weight but neither is the norm. On average, they're bigger than the average of most other states.


To keep in line with the OP, a 223 is plenty enough for NY deer too, although I'd prefer a 7mm-08.
 
223/deer

hello I am new to the site.but my 223 likes to take out a deer.longest shot was 150 yards in the head just behind her ears.and the little 55g NBT did its job flop dead.but for one to think about is that a rock going 2700 -3300 fps will even kill a deer when placed right.but hey this is just my opinion.
 
Surprise

I was surprised that was done with a mini-14. They are fun to shoot. Our bowling pins and pop bottle caps didn't look like that though.:eek:
 
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