How many of you have harvested a deer using a 22 caliber center fire rifle? New tech. now in the bullet industry.....Nosler now make a Partition bullet for 22 caliber center fire guns that will kill deer.
I know of a few hunters who have used 22250's, 222, and 223 to kill deer. All reloaded and did not use varmint bullets when hunting deer with the 22 center fires......
If I was going to hunt deer with 22 I would first have to see how the new 60 grain Nosler Partition bullet shoots (accurate). Group 1 inch or better at 100 yards. Anything larger then this would not be acceptable until the right powder was found. I would use a 22250 Encore because of the rate of twist...many say the 22250 shoot the new 60 grain Nosler Partition well...
On the positive side the nosler 60 grain Partition bullet could turn out to be an excellent coyote bullet too... Suppose no one would know that until they turned over a coyote to see what the other side of the shoulder looked like after shooting one....