Carter123
AH member
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2021
- Messages
- 21
- Reaction score
- 27
- Hunted
- South Africa
I’m a hunter from South Africa , born here and been hunting for about 3 years . First hunt was a hunt in A remote town in the Eastern Cape , Real cold . Blesbok was the game , and after only shooting my 223 twice , I went to hunt . Shot my very first buck , blesbok , about 120 m , in the neck , and it dropped on the spot . Most of my shots were neck and a few shoulders and none walked further than 20m with shots being close to 300 occasionally. As an amateur hunter I have no expertise on hunting as a whole but I’ve been very confused as why people don’t suggest 223 for anything other than varmint . 223 has done the job for me with warthogs and bushpigs and several blesbok , with clean humane kills . I still recall using a 270 on a duiker , very small animal , bad shot in humane kill . It’s all about shot placement . I know of many people in Southern Africa that use a 223 for hunting and culling as a go to Calibre . If your shot placement is good , even an amateur hunter can make a good kill with a 223 .