Type: **Single-shot, tip-up action **MSRP: $1395 Chamberings: Various … While the .357 Magnum … What is the smallest legal caliber for deer hunting? If you hunt for the pelts, it is always nice that they don't run off in the scrub brush and die where you can't find them. In 1968 I carried a 357 mag pistol for protection against bear in Alaska. Some chemicals are known, Do bed bugs have a natural enemy? What is the effective range of a .22 Magnum? Making that shot under stress, on a moving target is practically impossible. If you are hunting in a place like south Texas I would recommend that you use a 22-250 or a 243, on the other hand if I was in Maine I would use a 308 or a 30-06, My choice is the 22-250 and the 308. A.22 Magnum will change the way you hunt squirrels and is coyote-capable out to 100 yards, with the proper bullet. The neck at the base of the head is a good kill area as well. Warm weather and, Why am I getting ants in my house? People underestimate the 22. 2. Often misunderstood, the.22 Mag is a serious stopper of small game up to 20 pounds. OK i know for a fact it can be done , most states though will not allow it due to the amount of shooting skill it takes for a clean shot. The 22 Magnum has a lot more speed or velocity than a 22 long Rifle. Winchester’s Model 61, a pump-action rifle, came along in 1960 and became a great gun to have around for small game and vermin. A .44 Mag rifle is a great option for hunting deer. In addition to mainstays like Smith & Wesson and Winchester, Henry Arms has become a go-to for 22 WMR lovers. Yes you can kill a deer with a 22 mag if you are a good shot and shoot it in the head. Taking down animals and varmints — squirrels, ground hogs, prairie dogs, foxes, deer and even wild hogs — at short to medium ranges (20-50 meters) is doable with a .22. 22 WMR exclusively but he also ONLY shoots them through the top of the head at 10 feet, from an elevated perch (no treestand)! With deer, that is. You can kill a deer with any cartridge, even a 22 LR if well placed, not recommended though. Speaking of killing coyotes, for many years I have heard some bad advice given out about a round that can supposedly take them down and that is the .22 Magnum. If you are asking whether it has the stopping power or not, i would say probably not, unless you can get an amazing shot at the softest place in its head, or you can see the line in the ribs and can manage to put the bullet through them because i highly doubt the bullet will go through the ribs, or the skull. While it is possible, with proper shot placement, to kill a moose or a deer with a .22 rim fire rifle (such as a .22 LongRifle) it is not advisable and illegal in most (if not all) states that allow hunting of moose. I know in the great state of alabama it is illegal to kill a deer with a rimfire.. 22, for good reason. A .22 Magnum will change the way you hunt squirrels and is coyote-capable out to 100 yards, with the proper bullet. The .22 WMR was the answer for shooters who had wished for a rimfire cartridge accurate to 125 yards and having enough energy to take game and varmints up to 20 pounds. Power for the Purpose Per arithmetic, 357 is an odd number. It can be done but even in Texas where I live it is against the law to hunt deer with any rim fire weapon that includes a Henry 44, The smallest round that you can use in Texas is a 22 hornet, I have used a Hornet, 223, 22-250, 243, 30-30, 30-06, 308, and I have killed deer with all of them and I don't have a lot of deer run off. The 22 Magnum has a lot more speed or velocity than a 22 long Rifle. Since its invention in the 1930s, the .357 Magnum has been used successfully to game from varmints all the way up to elk and moose.