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Brithunter, I'm not sure I understand your wording, so I'll just ramble on a little here about my thoughts.
You can't classify the Roe or Muntjac in the same category as the North American Whitetail which is what is talked about in this thread -- and that's I'd bet why the triple duece or other cf 22s are legal for them, they are a lot smaller animal. I've got no argument with those deer. But, they ain't got the oomph or maybe for lack of a better word, power (jewels) to be classified to take Red deer legally and ethically, which is more in line with whitetail and muley sizes, especially in the harsher climates.
I don't know why the hunters in Ireland would have to pack up, guess I don't understand that question.
My point is why would someone recommend emphatically hunting animals with marginal weapons? You can't lump all hunters into one category knowing the capabilities and performance, not to mention shooting ability. Take a PH in Africa who hunts for a living. What he can and can't do with different calibers he knows. Given his ability, he could take umpteen elephants or lions with the hornet, but I'd bet my bottom line he's not going to recommend to his clients to bring their pet .22cf. Granted, that's a bit exagerated, but my point is 22cf's aren't intended for the average hunter to shoot NA Deer with, and for good reason.
If 22s are legal weapons where someone hunts, more power to 'em, it's just that I can't trump em up as the miracle perfect deer caliber. Actually, the perfect deer caliber is somewhat of a mythical thing, because as we all know, what's perfect to one is not perfect to the next, kinda like women ;-)
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