Yes indeed, well put by bigbulls. I took a large doe with mine this year from 160 yards and she stepped of maybe 10 yards. She only stepped that far because the shot was 2 inches high. I used a 100 grain hornady interlock that is actually made for big game. So, follow bigbulls direction and use quality bullets for taking big game and you will take more than the fella using a 38 win mag to take deer, but mostly because you are shooting straighter because you have nearly 0 recoil. I love mine and have adopted it as my new whitetail cartrige. Save the big guns for the big stuff.