7mm-08, one of my favorites. It shoots, it kills, not sure what else to say. Any of the standard 25-06 to 30-06, to 270, or 308, or 7mm-08 will do about the same damage. People will got on here and tell ya different that thier gun does this or whatever. But several years ago I got in this stupid debate, so I butchered two simular deer one shot with a 270 Win and another with a 7mm-08. After skinning out, with the carcuss only exposed, I asked a guy to identify which deer was shot with what. He couldn' t. In both cases the lungs were jelly.