HJL,
Although the author of this piece [1] is a real live outdoor enthusiast, he neglected to mention the 22LR is the favorite rifle of deer poachers. Don’t take my word for it (although I too am an outdoor enthusiast). Here are just three of the hundreds of credible news stories of game warden investigations that confirm this:
http://vtdigger.org/2014/01/08/fish-wildlife-investigation-leads-double-arrest-poaching/ [2]
Sport hunting and survival hunting are different. I can sit on my porch and take a deer from twenty feet away with a 22LR. My neighbor gets more out of season than in and the 22LR, being much quieter, doesn’t hurt any. – A.C.