Originally Posted by GomerPyle

I've got no skin in this game so I'm not taking sides................but I've never understood the argument that specific calibers were perfectly fine for deer because "if you do your job/put the bullet where it's supposed to go, it stops them in their tracks". But hell, a .22lr will kill a deer dead if you center-punch them in the heart.

I realize every poster on this here chit-chat board is the reincarnation of Carlos Hathcock, but for other folks that are more human, it seems you'd want something as forgiving as possible, not something that "gets the job done every time, as long as you do your job."

True but IMO. You can go too big, causing accuracy issues from recoil flinch. I had great luck with deer with my 270. I was way more accurate off the bench with a 308 with lighter trigger. I haven't shot as many deer with the 308 but it seems sufficient.

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