I have killed 4 does and a cull with my ruger super redhawk in 44mag. I have a Nikon 4 power scope on it. I bought it at Paul's outdoors here in tuscaloosa about 20 years ago.

Recoil is not too bad. Longest shot was about 45 yards. I can hit I paper plate at 75 yards.

I take it when I am hunting a couple of climbing stands that have short sight distances. Easier to deal with a pistol in a climber than a rifle