Deer hunting with a .223

[buffalobo]

Me either, but I'm not sure if I'd be against it. Would it bother you if the rule was changed?

There are more hunting calibers than any of us care to own, so that's kind of a moot point I think. We have members that have taken elk with 7.62x39 and .300 blk just to say they've done it. Not much different I think.

I don't see the need to change the rule but would not initially complain of it. Would be a wait and see.

I don't think the "sporting" round carries water here in Colorado anymore, needed to be made pre 2013.

[buffalobo]

If they allowed the 223 then next thing you know people would want to use the 5.56x45. That would just be too much for anyone to keep up with.

Don't need no military round for hunting.

[buffalobo]

Muleys in Brown's Park are vastly different than most deer in southeast Texas.

I have been tempted to shoot them little azz deer in southern Arkansas with my carry pistol.

[def90]

All of the deer I have ever seen in Texas outside of a High Fence Game Farm have been half the size of any deer I have seen in Colorado.

[ray1970]

I don?t know. I?ve taken a couple in Texas that were almost too big to fit in a normal sized cooler.

[marineimaging]

That's more likely the issue. How can the kill the AR-15 if they don't kill the ability to hunt with it.

[spqrzilla]

Wyoming recently made it legal to take big game with .223 and they might be a better example to refer to than Texas if you plan to approach a government entity about making a change.

Just antelope, I believe.

[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.

[spqrzilla]

Its not about AR15s. Good lord. The regulation really dates back to when there there were no decent bullets in .224 diameter. The regulation excludes .222 Remington, .220 Swift, .22-250 and many more. Even at .24 caliber, there are bullet weight minimums.

[marineimaging]

I think that in Texas the legal firearm means is any centerfire rifle or shotgun with the appropriate ammunition. (You have to be very careful to know the rules where you are hunting with a shotgun. Some permit slugs only. Some places are buckshot only. And never the twain shall meet.)