i bet he'll turn up this year....keep at it!

I bet those bones are as white as some old faded, dropped sheds.

Nothing wrong with a 22-250 for deer . Thousands of them have been killed with that round. Like everyone else has said... shot placment is key. ( but thats with any round smaller than a bazooka). Try 55 gr Serria Game Kings . Great bullets!
But I will say this...the difference in recoil between a 22-250 and a .243 is only about 5 pounds. I doubt that there is anyone out there that is sensitive enough to tell the difference between the 2 rounds recoil.

Cool picture, Congratulation.

It all about shot placement, bullet, and reasonable distance.
Great gun for first step, and with some range tiime

maybe if your hunting key deer in florida.....but it is NOT a all-around whitetail cartridge.

I love mine, but its not what I want in my hands when a 170 class buck is walking across a oat field 225 yards out

With the rounds out today shooting deer with the smaller calibers is not a problem, they get the job done. Many people on this forum show us every year that .22-250, .223, etc. works and works good. A bad shot is a bad shot with any round period, just make sure she is familiar with the rifle and knows how she shoots it.

January Buck wt 190 dressed, although my 250 brings much more to the table than the off the shelf rifle, result can be the same using the proper bullet. DRT

DRT

now for the specs
22-250
7.75 twist 22" Kriger barrel
80gr Amax bullet
3200fps

man a 22-250 was my first gun. i shot many a deer with it and most of them eitehr dropped or didnt go but 50 yards at the very most. THey dont leave much of a blood trail since it is a smaller bullet but like i said, never really needed to follow one. Teh gun is very flat dn accurate. Great for varmints of course. I have a 270 now but still love shooting the 22-250. she will like it

Looks like you spined him. Still would not want to go after a buck of my lifetime with it. I have a .223 and have cull a lot of deer with it but would not use it on a hunt for trophy quality animals just so I could prove a point about it. It is a good round as posted above for selected shots and culling of selected deer when done right. Just not the first caliber and rifle I am gonna grab when going hunting for trophy game.

if people wanna shoot .22 centerfires exclusively at deer we all should buy a .224 TTHA and be done with it

very true
and mostly I put this gun in the hands of kids and have the utmost confidence it will get the job done. I used it a few times to make sure it produced lethal shoulder shots.

With that being said I have a .308 I do most of my killing and its my go to, until my 300wsm gets finished being built.

What is the ethical caliber cause for me it's what ever you are deadly with and most confident in whether it's a 22lr or 50 bmg

shot placement trumps all...

Dave

I get that it CAN do the job and often everything works out fine but I still come back to the same conclusion: Why use such a marginal caliber when just a tiny step up to a .243 or similar caliber will bring so much more to the table?

Just one look at that little cartridge and one can tell it is not and was never meant to be a deer round. Argue all you want but thems the facts.

call me crazy but i'd rather use my .22-250 than a .243

I use to order mine from conley precision cart.

Why?

Hey, should I go with a blonde, red or brunett????

It seems that everybody has their opinion on what "you" should use, shoot, hunt with, so I thought I would just throw it out about the aforementioned.

I've killed deer with 22-250, 243, 270, 308. I have never, ever killed one with a 30/06, and I can honestly say, during my 51 years of life, and been hunting since I was 6 years old, I have shot a 30/06 once in my life. Didn't like it, don't have a need for it and that is my .02 on it.

might have been that way at one time, but advancements in bullet construction has really changed everything.

If you put the bullet in the right spot, the critters will die.

Dave

Shot placement is everything

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Shot placement is certainly important but it is not the answer to every argument about caliber choice-otherwise there would be no argument at all any any caliber would be fine. A .22 LR or even short will kill a deer with perfect shot placement.

I have been on several deer hunts where deer were shot with a .22-250.Sometimes things worked out and sometimes they didn't. One of them was my very own daughter's. The blood trail was miniscule-almost non existant. It was only through some VERY skilled tracking(not my own by the way) and a good dose of luck that we found the buck. And she had very good shot placement.

I won't handicap her that way again.

handicap her? You recovered the animal, no?

and I have seen the EXACT same thing you describe occur with the 30-06. Sometimes these things happen. Don't think you cam blame the caliber though.

Dave

Use good bullets, partitions and tsx work great on hogs and deer. I have shot several with it, brother has shot several with it, and my sister in law shoots it as her deer rifle. None of us have lost a deer with it.

matt

Quality bullets and shot placement