ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter
For me something in the 9 - 10 pound range feels best.
I agree that lighter is not necessary for a deer rifle especially when most people walk a couple of hundred yards to a stand at most but I tried hunting with a Sendero one year and I no longer have one.
Hunting deer, no matter what kind can be totally different from one place to the other. I elk hunt the mountains of CO with a Sendero, at times I wish it had wheels.