RE: Anyone use an SKS for hunting deer?
I would not use one! Most of the SKS's are not designed for great accuracy and even the accurate ones are under powered for hunting except at short ranges.
I'm sure that you'll hear that so-n-so kills 'em all the time and never lost one! But, even a .22 RF is "capable" of killing deer.I can name at least 100 better choices than a 7.62X39 for deer and 100 better choices in rifles than an SKS.