Mavwreck,

While the M1 carbine will dispatch deer I feel it is a borderline deer hunting rifle. You are only talking about a 110gr bullet @ 1800fps, this will give only about 760ft lbs of energy at the muzzle. Keep the shots under 50yds and you should be ok, just be aware of this cartridge's capabilities and you should be fine.

To give youcomparison balistics: .30-30 150gr @ 2390fps and 1842ft lbs of energy at the muzzle
7.62 x 39 122gr @ 2410fps and 1725ft lbs of energy at the muzzle
454 Casull (pistol) 260gr @ 1800fps and 1811ft lbs of energy at the muzzle
44Mag (pistol) 240gr @ 1400fps and 945ft lbs of energy at the muzzle
357Mag (pistol) 125gr @ 1450fps and 565ft lbs of energy at the muzzle

All of the cartridges listed above (except for the 357mag) are better deer rounds including thetwo pistols and I consider the .44mag the minimum for deer. I know those who have killed deer with the 357mag but I personally would not do it.

So there you have it, the .30 carbine falls somewhere in the pistol range when it comes to killing power. Again it willkill deer but the range must be close (pistol range) to be effective.