Hornady TAP .223 75 grain legit deer hunting ammo?

[SloaneRanger]

No go in TN. Considered too small.

Caliber is legal as others have said. Just no FMJ's and No FA capable firearm.

[brwn bggr]

Over the years,I've killed several medium size deer with 55 gr. fmj's...bullet performance varied but all died within 10 yrds of the shot...last year,I shot a doe at about 110 yrds,broadside high lung...with a 77 grn smk...instant dirt nap...but,no visable entrance hole(untill opened up) and no exit...only sign of blood was drainage from her nose...on side lung was 60% destroyed,offside about 30%...she was standing in an open field...but if she had been in the bush and run any distance at all...??? In any case,I too have been looking at the 75 grn Hornady load...but the more I look,the more I lean towards the tsx...

[Augustus]

I did it once just as a test. Got the job done, but not impressive.
Little reaction to the shot, deer ran 25 yards and then stumbled around for a minute before falling.
16" 1/9 colt at about 110 yards.
Tumbled, no frag, exited, medium sized doe.
Still have pics if anyone cares, and if I can find them mixed in with thousands of pig pics.
Von

[Bsalms]

Read an article in G&A about a hunter using this ammo to take a deer. Does anyone else think that it's a good idea? I'm not a huge hunter, but I was always under the impression that .223 was too small of a caliber to make a reliable clean kill.

Hornady makes some really good ammunition I personally use the 308 Superformance for hunting and others for personal defense. I would not personally recommend the Hornady Tap in the 223 caliber for deer however I would like to think that with a good shot it would do the job, I just think it would be too risky for hunting with.

[Ark1443]

I know it's been about three months since a post but since its still on the first page...

Last years season (2012) I let a friend use one of my AR's while we hunted white-tail. He took the shot on a doe that walked right up to us at about 20 yards out (we were on the ground, down wind, heavily forested area) and the doe hit the ground on the spot and was dead inside a minute.

Granted my friend shot it in the head... which is highly unethical even by what he said. I guess a aimpoint at 20 yards on a target moving right at you was too tempting for him.

The bullet entered by the left side jaw and went straight into the skull, and did not exit.

I plan to use it for this years season, unless I take the .308 out depending on where we go.