I have no problem with the recoil of the 7mm-08 and 270 with 130 grain bullets. Much more recoil than that just takes the joy of shooting away. I shoot mostly for fun. Over the years I have seen my wife take a bunch of nice big mulies with her 250 Savage which has next to nil for recoil. Never seen one get away from her. There is no reason for a deer hunter to put up with much recoil. I would not hesitate to take on every species except grizzly and polar bears with a 270 with good 130 grain bullet or the 6.5x55 with 140 grain bullets. The big bears have also been handled by the 270 and even smaller cartridges. However I like the 45-70 for those guys.