I hunted with mine for a few years. It is a go-to for coyotes but I do not currently tote it for deer. As a non-reloader, the best grouping offerings I found for mine were 100gr Rem Corelokts and 100gr PPU. They printed well under moa with range testing so I took them afield. I killed several good deer and many hogs and a few fell right where they stood. The problem was that those that ran left little to no blood trail. I rarely got an exit wound, just a bullet sized entry and explosion in the chest. I was unable to find a couple good bucks I know I killed because of this. I need to get some of the more recent offerings of the heavier grain rounds and see if they do better.