[jripper]

I agree with JF to some degree. 220s are better for head shots than body shots. I believe that 125's are better than 220s for either one. There is only one reason, in my opinion, that you should use 220s, and that is if so some reason, you want to shoot with a silencer. (Not legal here in Illinois).

The question was which has better terminal ballistics. I fully believe that the 125 supers have better terminal ballistics. I have never shot deer with subsonics, and won't be doing so either. As I posted, for my hunting, I don't believe in head shots. I've had many opportunities where I could have made a head shot, but refuse to do so. With the right caliber, a body shot is deadly enough. I do not feel that there is a need to take a head shot. Yes, if you place the shot exactly right, it will drop deer in their tracks. But, like I have said, a well placed body shot with the proper bullet/caliber is going to drop a deer very effectively, with relatively minor tracking. If you miss the brain stem and hit the deer somewhere else in the skull or mouth, you may do nothing to it than cause a painful, debilating injury.

I think that even if I was using 220s, I would take the body shot, but I won't be using 220s :D

For me, I might try a 220 on a coyote, as I have a certain disdain for coyotes ( I have a small dog they seem to like too well), just to see what it will do. But that is a much smaller animal.

This is just my opinion, and if you head shoot deer with 220 subs, and have good sucess, more power to you.
But unless you are using a silencer, I don't see the point.

Also, one last thought. Altough typically a meat hunter, I do ocassionally shoot a decent wall haning buck. If I take a head shot, there is a great risk of breaking the rack, skull, or both.