Well, it sounds like you are using the right bullet for the caliber, 75grs, if to be used for deer.

Truth be told young man I am sure that as long as I got to within fifty sixty yards and took my time to sink one right into the heart and or lungs, I could use my Winchester 22 Mag lever action and probably kill deer more often then not. Does that mean If legal I'd go packing my 22 Mag come deer season? No, not at all and the reason being there are a plethora of calibers available that are just more suited to the task of putting down a deer right there and right now provided you hit em right.

If I had that once in a lifetime buck in my sights at 275 yards away giving me the shot I'd much rather have a 270 in my hand then a 223.

Good luck on your hunt and hit em in the boiiler room and you should be fine.

First congrats to your daughter on her deer!!!! And to the proud papa who got to be a part of it. I can't wait till my kids are old enough to take hunting.

I think that 223 is certainly capable......the proof is right here in this thread. I think the problem is we have to get away from this pass/fail way of looking at all the different cartridges we have to choose from for hunting. I think we would be much better served grading each cartridge and discussing it's limitations and what bullet weight and types to use. Even in a lot of threads on these forums people discuss and debate whether or not a cartridge is capable citing good and bad experiences they've had without really ever discussing the details of those situations and trying to understand why they did or did not have success.

For me a 223 is a C grade deer catridge. I would only shoot a premium bullet like a partition or a triple shock out of it and keep shots under 200 yds. I'd want the animal broadside and maybe slightly quartering away but never quartering to.

I HAVE RESULTS!! Ok, all I shot was a buck fawn, under a year old, BUT he was 250 yards and slightly quartered towards me. I shot and he hunched and kind of stumbled before he slowly walked into the woods about 20 yards behind him, where he came from. I thought I made a good hit but the deer didn't bolt or anything. Still having faith I went and looked around about where the deer was standing, seeing nothing I began my Trip back in dismay UNTIL...I saw a nice clump of hair. I got my dad and uncle over and guess what, dead deer 5 yards into the woods. Clean entry wound and a pretty good exit. 75 grain Hornady hollow point did it's job at 250 yards. With any luck from the wind and weather gods I will have a chance at a mature buck tomorrow before Turkey time.

now that is a hunter taking a gun that everyone thinks is to small for deer and killing a buck at 250 is an extrordanaryevent. i am amazed the hollow point went threw at that yardage, that is the reason for me using a fmj. now i have done a lot of research with the fmj since my daughter killed her deer just the fact i took in a lot of negative comments from some on this. B-bullets said the fmj i used is a full on copper bullet and on impact it will mushroom like the base of any other bullet. however would be better to use a bullet with a hollow point with a plastic tip to help open that bullet up even more. I can see were someone could get mad at u if you used a armor pierc fmj. so any way i went out and shot a apple, watermel,pineapple,and a rabbit using both a copper fmj and then a hollow point, after my test's i could not say which did the worst damage the rabbit was dead with the same amount of damage and the apple and watrmelln both blew up in pcs now with wannaBhunter14 killing his deer at 250 and my little girl killing her deer and both deer not going more that a total combined of 25yds I think it is safe to say a 223 is a good gun for deer. In all honesty i do not know why any one would put a 300win mag or a 7mm or a 30-06 in a 12 or a 14 year olds hands. 3 years ago the UDOW changed a law that any one that passes a hunter safety will be allowed to hunt waterfowl and other small game, due to that a man was killed by letting his kid 12 year old use a 31/2 mag auto, the kid was shooting at a goose and the first shot went off and put him on his a@# and as he went down the trigger was pulled again and hit his dad in the chest! THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEN. some of us dad's get excited for the day your son or daughter can hunt with you I know i am one of them but i learned a lesson when chad was killed by his own kid using a big gun. so please put your pride to the side so you can enjoy your next fathers day. GOOD WORK wonnaBhunter14 on your buck.