Is 22-250 enough for deer? 

If the 22-250 isn’t sufficient for deer, better tell the truck load I’ve killed over the years with the 22 Hornet that they shouldn’t be dead. It’s all about bullet placement. Anyone who says the 22-250 won’t get it done should try watching the outdoor shows less, and get out hunting more.

Buckpole,I absolutely love the 22.250.I used to be a cougar guide in utah,and caught a huge tom for a christenson,arm,s employee killing a huge tom cougar i treed for them,using a carbon wrapped 22,250.They give me a carbon wrapped 22.250 as a bonus.I have killed countless mule deer and whitetail,s,ton,s of bull elk,and several black bear,s including one that was over 600 pound,s with a 22.250.Never once did i wound a single animal that i had get away.I worked on a ranch in utah that was fenced with a high fence where elk were turned loose for hunter,s to hunt.It was not my idea of a real hunt but it paid well.Over the year,s a lot of rich hunter,s would wound elk and i would hunt them down and dispatch them with my 22.250.Funny thing was, most all of the elk wounded were with 338 magnum,s and larger caliber,s. One hunter in particular wounded a 400 class bull by breaking it,s right front leg.We chased it for several hour,s on four wheeler,s and on foot trying to get him another shot.The bull was alway,s ahead of us and every shot he took was about five hundred yard,s away.Finally he looked at my boss i was working for and said do you think you could hit it that far out and finish it.My boss said no i can,t but my helper could if you,ll let him.He said if he can,let him try.I got a rest over my four wheeler seat and at five hundred and twenty yard,s hit him right behind his left ear,dropping him in his track,s.When we were admiring his elk and taking picture,s,he asked me what caliber rifle i was using and handed him a bullet from my pocket.He almost fell over in disbelief.You are kidding me he said.No he,s not my boss replied,look at his rifle.Only drawback i found with such a light bullet, is wind drift in a high wind.You just have to compensate for it.I have shot ton,s of doe,s in tennesse and every single one was a head shot.Let the know it all,s who say it,s not sufficient enough to kill, dare to stand at 500 yard,s and let me shoot at them,not that i would,but i sure wouldn,t, if it was me.ha,ha.

The 22-250 Remington caliber in any of the 4 or 5 out of the box rifles I have personally shot, is simply a beast you had better not underestimate just on size alone. Using federal premium 60 grain Nosler Partition store box loads, it becomes a Monster that K.O.'s whitetails with ease from 400 yards on in. Neck,behind the shoulder, through the shoulder, doesn't matter. You put the Nosler Partition there and the deer drops, end game. The exit wounds have been mistaken for magnum calibers on more than 1 occasion. So you young guys with your young shoulders enjoy the jolt of your 338rums. Us older more experienced men appreciate the classic Mighty lil 250 as it nears its 100th year of proving the masses deadly wrong.

It's my go to deer rifle. I smoke white tale and hunt Axis deer year round here in the Texas Hill country. It's such a accurate round that I have yet to have a deer stumble more than 20 feet after shot. I'm confident to 300 yards with any animal even big hogs!

At 4000 ft a second don’t matter what your hitting it’s going down. I dropped a black bear in his tracks few years back with a 22-250 nuisance bear

yes, it will kill a deer and then some

I can neither confirm or deny that I have ever taken deer with a .22 cal in certain states🤨 I know the rules, you can not humanly take a white tail with anything less than a 458Lott at a distance no further than 5 yards🤫

Best gun i ever own 22/250 Remington bolt action dropped a bull deer 12 point at 620 yards one shot.

I personally use it because it has enough power to drop whitetail and you don’t damage the meat as much. It won’t make a huge hole like a .308

I use the Remington 700 sps chambered 22-250. Any hunter that's shoots a whitetail knows that the damage to harvest meat is less minimal with this round than a heavier caliber. Placed right the harvest wont travel far. 50 gr V-MAX @100yds 1/4 grouping 3 to 5 shots. Give it a go. Best regards from Texas.

It’s all about Bullet Placement and the type of Bullet used. My brother has killed MANY DEER with a 22-250

During and after the 1930s till the laws required center fire calibers for deer, most used 22lr it was all they had or could afford to shoot. My grandfather, dad,and uncle all killed deer with 22 Lr, 36 grain round nose, Winchester....$0.13 for 50 rounds. The 22-250 is plenty of gun for deer. Shot placement is the primary factor, more than caliber.

I have 300 win, 308, 303, 45-70 etc..... All OVER KILL For Less then 200 yards. 22-250 with 65 gr federal. SMACK DOWN!! And deer drop! Blows the heart right out! Speed is your friend! I've taken a ton of deer with a 22-250 as my primary weapon. It's light to carry in the woods. An you can shoot through a 4 inch hole!

I’ve shot over 35 deer with a 222 Remington and that’s neck shot and drop in their tracks and my longest shot was 303 yrds but I’ve only shot at one deer. Iam from 100-200 and that’s a full metal jacket hollow point 52 gr bullet and you have to be a sniper with fast 22 cal rifles and my rifle is a Remington model 600 bolt action.

Killing a deer with a 22 caliber bullets can be done it comes down to two things shot placement and velocity

I hunt with my wife's uncle and the past 2 years he has smoked a whitetail buck with a Ruger predator in .223. This past season him and I doubled up, he took his at about 200yds give or take with the .223. Heart exploded. I personally jumped on the 6.5 creedmor bandwagon, but it's such an accurate smooth shooting round. I love it. I would shoot a deer with a 22-250

I use my 22-250 with handload 50gr gmx bullet an this last year killed doe at 318yds.

For moose I use the 223, 55 grain soft points. But only inside 100 yards. I treat the 223 like a 30-30. They’re similar in terms of performance and terminal performance. Beyond 100 yards I use a 308 or 30-06 for moose. The 22 caliber is great close range back up gun or good for younger hunters. It’s like a 30-30 if the 223 uses a soft point or a good bullet.

Ruger American 1:10 twist .22-250 with Federal 60gr Nosler Partition inside 150yds is a deer slayer. I'd like the 22 Creedmoor to be standardized and run 78gr TSXs.

I dropped a doe at 350 yards or maybe a little further with my 22-250 one time. One of my best shots I've ever made.

Shot my first deer with my Ruger M77 22-250 loaded with a 55 grain soft point bullet. I recently bought a Ruger M77 All Weather rifle in .22 Hornet and I can't wait to take it out once the weather breaks. My grandpa was the one who gave me the 22-250 before he passed away. He used that rifle for everything from beavers in the dugout at home, deer, moose and coyotes. He shot the deer and moose behind the ear. Didn't matter how far, he was deadly accurate with that M77 mounted with a wide view redfield scope. He once shot a coyote at over 700 yards with it my dad told me.

The 22-250 is my deer cartridge. I also use it for whatever else I need a high power cartridge for. And I have killed deer out to 252yrds with it and it works every time.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any animal that can b killed with a Bow, Deer,Bear,Elk, Moose. can b killed with a 22-250 head shots..

Not in Virginia. Takes .23 caliber or larger. Hey! It's Virginia, OK?

55 grain hornity nylon tip 300 yards with 22250 at a 5/8 plate steel leaves a whole every time now if it does that a 300 I'm sure it will go right through a deer long ways after 300

"Is 22-250 enough for deer?" Yes. Would I ever do that? No, unless for some reason I had to. ANY bullet that goes through the 'boiler room' of a deer is a guaranteed fatal shot. Proper bullet placement is always essential. The key is a bullet that will not blow up on impact. All kinds of hunting bullets will do. That said, I have a dandy .243 and an even better .270. I also have a 6mm Remington and a 6.5x55 Swedish. All are much better deer cartridges with greater kinetic energy. And I do have a .22-250 in a Remington Model 700 BDL heavy barreled varmint rifle I've had for about 35 years. It would be a chore to schlep that thing around all day. But any of my local area farmers or ranchers who want to be rid of a few coyotes know who to call. Robert Ruark, the late great author and hunter wrote a book titled, "Use Enough Gun". While this book deals with African big game, especially the Big Five, It does apply to all game including deer. The recommended minimal foot-pounds of energy for white-tail deer is 1000 ft-lbs. According to this video, the .22-250 has that at 100 yards (1211 ft-lbs) but at 200 yards, falls below at 882 ft-lbs. So, for deer past 100 yards, the .22-250 is not enough gun. With excellent bullet placement, it will work out to 150-200 yards but I believe an ethical hunter should ensure that the minimum 1000 ft-lbs is there out to any distance that you might find yourself shooting at a deer.

great deer caliber,,my grandson and myself both dropped one each in their tracks this year...i lov eit..

I use a 22-250 for everything lol. It’s just an all around great cartridge For deer I use the federal nosler partition.

I’ve taken deer out past 400 with my Tikka T3 lite and a TC Contender. Shooting both 55 grain boat tail hollow point and 55 grain ballistic tips. I have 3 rifles in 22-250 REM and love all of 3. 405 yards on a broadside doe, turned the heart and lungs into a jello mush. She ran about 60 yards and piled up. 22-250 is my go to rifle for most everything I hunt in Texas. Shot placement is key. A marginal shot with a 215 grain 300 Win Mag on a deer at 75 yards won’t kill it. Shoot a caliber that you shoot very accurate and comfortable and you’ll kill a lot more animals.

Yes

I have killed more deer with my 22-250 Ruger No. 1-V than with all my other rifles/calibers combined.. most have been with handload 55 grain Sierra Gameking HPBT

I just want to put it out there that any gun can kill a deer with proper shot placement because I killed a deer last rifle season with a 223 bolt action with a hornady soft point 55 grain bullet and it went maybe 45 yards a dropped dead so even a 22LR can kill a deer with proper shot placement even though in some states it’s illegal to use a 22LR for deer but I just wanted to put it out there that bullet size sometimes doesn’t matter it’s about proper shot placement

I use nosler trophy grade for my 22-250 and I've killed all my deer for deer season and dropping 2 nice 9 point bucks and they were all lung shots and dropped them, the first buck was around 160 yards and the second was around 210 yards and it drops hogs also I love the round I also have shot all the way through hogs beging the shoulder and have shot though two hogs in the neck and exited the second hog

Yes, 223 Rem & 22-250. I hunt deer & hogs with both. With that said, I prefer deer/hog hunting with a 30 caliber or bigger in just about any flavor of caliber bigger or equal to 30 cal. But, on occasion, I do like to sit on the ground with a light weight 223 or 22-250 about 35 yds downwind of the deer/hog trail. Try it, it's a blast & both the 223 & 22-250 at close range has plenty of Energy with a proper shot placement.

I got 22 seconds into your video, and yes I would and do hunt white tailed deer with a 22-250. I catch a lot of a hard time from other hunters for shooting deer with my 22-250, and hear things like you need to go with 6.5 Creedmoor. But, I’ve killed more pigs and deer with my 22-250 than with any of my other guns and it drops them dead in their tracks. But, it depends on shot placement. If you hit them right behind the shoulder, your good, no tracking. If you slip up and shoot off target and hit them in the ass for example, you’ll be doing some tracking… From 100-150 yards with a 22-250 with a 55gr bullet with a good shot, you shouldn’t have a problem. I use Remington Express bullets in 55gr. The problem now being finding that ammo. I’m about to start reloading my own bullets. But yes, you can kill white tailed deer with a 22-250. Good luck, nice video.

The most damage I’ve ever seen to the inside of a deer was with a 22-250 as long as you don’t shoot over 300 yards I think it’s plenty I can ring gongs at 850 but the ding is hard to hear loses a lot of energy

I have used those Remington corelokts on white tail for years, good shot placement in the lungs they would only run a few feet and then drop. But my dad decided to try some different ammunition last rifle season, he chose ppu 55 grain sp 22-250, and both of the deer he shot in the lung dropped hard. so apparently ppu makes a better 22-250 hunting load than Remington.

Hey Dude, Quick Question If I May? Would a 22 250 Work On a Deer at Let's Say 70 Yards With a 64 Grain Bullet? Just Wondering. :)

I do it all the time. Probably isn’t a good idea. Shot placement must be perfect.

Shot a spike two years ago at 75 yards with one. I saw two doe and that spike playing together and quite occupied so I literally did a crawl/sneak on them - really just to see how close I could get. At 75 yards the biggest doe acted skittish and started to flag. I lay stone still and hoped for the best. The spike went up and started cavorting around her and the doe lost consciousness of that thing laying in the grass. It seemed like it took an hour to get my cheek on the stock and get good eye relief in the weird position I was in. Savage rifle with bull bbl and bipod so it held good and I squeezed a shot into the neck. My load was a Nosler Partition that I loaded up “weak” maybe 5-7% under full max. That spike dropped like a sack of potatoes. I’ve witnessed a guy shoot a buck that weighed 200 on the scale and he hit it in the lungs with a 22-250 using my Nosler load. It ran 50 yards and died. Last - I shot a 250 pound hog with same load. One shot one kill on that hog. Hit it high just behind the shoulder. It collapsed right there and kicked a bit like they usually do but it was dead as dead can be. 22-250 any good on game? You bet. If you can shoot right. Plus I stack the deck with my Nosler Partition load.

I killed a ten point with mine, two weeks later I killed another eleven point that scored 153. I used 55 gr winchester pointed soft point.

When it comes down to 22 cal. A 22 long rifle I’ve shot deer at 75-80 yards and it is mandatory that you aim for. The head. Any other shots won’t be sufficient to make a quick kill. Body shots are limited to 25-35 yards. But with a 22/250 I’d feel confidant taking a deer out to 300 yards with a head shot. And body shot about 250 yards. It’s pleanty to of power to take deer. And accuracy is not a problem. Just remember to keep your rifle clean and you shouldn’t have any issues taking the buck of your dreams within a reasonable distance. Given the shot is not in the bush. Other than obstacles the only other issue is having time to choose your shot and success will depend on your patience. A 22 cal bullet at 22/250 velocity is very dependent on shot placement and confidence that comes with experience.

Having made a spectacular 380 yd shot on a 2X2 mulie many years ago, that looked like it was struck by lightning,,, I would have to say no, no, NO! Hunting isn't about long range, or killing just to do it. You must respect the game, and 55Gr is marginal.

In Virginia you can not hunt deer with less than a 23 caliber.

22-250 is simply underestimated i love it so much I have 1 and am geting a second 200 is max range 600 the bullet won't brake a ribs I 200 it passed threw but pin prick so did the outher 2 shots out to 400 and the 4th shit did not brake a rib I found only one bullet but I still love the bullet 100 and under big hols

22-250 is usually sufficient for a Deere, I usually use a .308 for Caterpillars. It's too bad I didn't get a Komatsu tag in the draw this year to try out my new .270 most of the ones I saw were too close to the road anyway. Well placed shot to the radiator. Sometimes you have to track the antifreeze for a few miles

Absolutely 200yds and in my opinion if you are small you have to be fast and the 22-250 is definitely fast

Federal 60gr nosler partition has never failed me so I've not tried anything else awesome round. 😎

I have a rifle that is chambered for that cartridge it does not have a name on it like Remington I need info on taking it apart to clean it. It is a quality firearm. Thank you for the info.

CAN you use it in deer and SHOULD you are totally different

Load it with a 64gr Winchester pp. Big medicine.

sure, but with a 1:7 twist barrel so I can shoot bullets weighing up to 100 grains

The bad thing is a lot of guys say this 300 I could shoot him any where and he will go down and I hear this a lot and then the see my little carbine pack rifle and they say what are you going to shoot with that? My Remington model 600 in a 222 full jacket hollow point at 52 grain and deadly out 200 yrds and my longest shot to date is 393 yrds and the 8 point buck was standing on a power line and the buck was standing and a straight frontal shot so my 222 drops about 6-7” so I put my cross hair on the top of his head and no wind and I was laying on the ground with my rifle threw a hog wire fence an squeezed of a perfect shot the bullet took the hair off his chin no blood and it went threw his neck and spine and you could feel the mushroomed bullet just under his skin on the back of his neck .

I think in N.C it requires a .23 cal or larger. I think they require this to deter people from shooting deer with a standard 22 cal. LR

I have killed whitetails with 22-250 and also .223 factory loads . Mine is a winchester model 70 and I will trust it to drop one at 250 - 300 yrds

My dad killed and dropped a 248in whitetail within 60yrds with a 22-250 it is a deer killin Machine

Yes.

In Canada in the province of Quebec you can hunt deer with a 22-250 .

I killed a deer and coyote with 22-250 before

Neck and head shots deer drop where they stand I love my 22-250

Absolutely

Tell me about Tikka T3 22-250? Would that be enough to bring a deer down under 200 yards?

22-250 Backup gun caliber I wouldn’t use it if primary hunt bear and deer if my 3006 breaks down I use my 35 Remington 336 great gun

I’ve dropped plenty of deer with that gun😂

I wouldn't minimumize cailber size for big game, 5.7 just seems to small of a diameter it's also the person behind the scope aswell.

Where I hunt in the Thick stuff in New York the far shot wood be 100yrs but with no branch or twigs in the way I could hit a squirrel or a rabbit small deer in the right spot they drop on spot

My pop and his Savage 99 was deadly at 700 and under if he sighted it it's Head was split

Our 222 works just fine for over 50yrs, so yes 22-250 is just fine.

I would not hesitate to use .22-250 to hunt in my area.

People shoot deer with 223 , so yeah I'd use 22 250

it's the only gun I use for deer hunting I'll shoot a deer way past 200 with my handloads I have proven that deer don't take a step with a good shot at 250 yards people use the 223 and the 22-250 is way more powerful than that do you always get a passthrough not with the right bullet for hunting no but it dumps all the energy in the vitals I've even taken a direct shoulder shot and that deer didn't go anywhere I've made a bad freehand shot completely missed the vitals by 6" didn't hit any bone and just that shockwave from it being so fast turn them to jelly literally I couldn't tell what they were that deer also dropped right there you don't need a 30-06 or 300 win mag for deer you just need a little 52g bullet moving really fast every kill has been more ethical since I switched to that caliber

i shot a deer at 7yards with my 54" barrel. i custom load 86.65490 grain nose lerr hetts with 6pounds of hodgekins 4570 super rapid fastest burn hemi powder! fyi i get that powder from the umpaloopas at charlie chocalote factory. tell em big jim sent ya and you will recieve one pee pee touch with every purchase

This rifle is perfect for deer

You don't trust the round or you don't trust yourself shooting deer with that caliber past 200?

I’ve seen Deere taken with 22-250 but I wouldn’t recommend it u less u shoot the head wich is dumb. Min 243 Id rather see a 308 or 270 and up. Remember no penalty for overkill! I shoot 270 I would take my 6.5 creed aswell but next year I prob shoot one with a 300 Norma just be cause ...

you betcha I've killed many deer with a .22-250 at numerous distances out 400+yds.. It is not a through & through round & dumps all of it's energy in the deer....!

Have many calibers, shot out 3 22-250's. Shot deer and antelope with the 22-250. Is the 22-250 a deer round? Not only no, but Hell NO! Don't care how awesome all of you less than an inch group shooters out there think it is.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YffrqFAagWU.htmlsi=AiEmav5OSmR2ZSOm It dropped a grizzly so... And no, I'm not the one in the video.

We shoot moose and caribou with 22-250

My buddy dropped a elk with 1 shot wiith a pump action 22lr.

No . 30 cal or bigger for hunting.

Yes, and has been for decades.

Yes I killed my first deer with one

I have use either .223 or 22-250 for whitetail where I am walking the brush and the shots are usually less than 150 yards. For mule deer when I am typically shooting longer range across coulees I use a .308.

303 not 393 !

.243 all day long

I use a 6.5 creedmoor

From what I’ve been told, 22-250 is basically 308with a few slight differences

Will it kill yes!!! would I use it on deer nope!