Deer hunting with a .223

[buffalobo]

Why the need to hunt deer with .223?

[marineimaging]

If that is the case then according to Boulderitesses, why the need for a .223 at all? I have .357, .44, .243, 30-30, 30-06 and can hunt with any of them and my own handloads fitted for what I am after. What I wanted to know is if anybody has actually shot a deer (not a moose or elk) with a .223 and it jumped up and ran off to never be found? What I wanted to know is if the prohibition is based on actual data or is it just because hating the AR-15 in 5.56/.223 is so common in Colorado that the powers that be just arbitrarily decided no huntee with the .223 and that's that? Because we said so and you don't get a voice nor do we care about real facts.