I've hunted with deer with a .30 cal my whole life. During the past few years, my now 9 & 12 year old boys have been using a single shot H&R .243 to hunt deer. I love shooting their rifle and after seeing it perform on medium size does I decided to purchase a .243 bolt action for myself.

Here is my dilema. I've spotted a 130 class 11pt on our lease. This is the largest deer I've every seen on our lease and would be the largest deer I've ever shot. I began to question whether or not the .243 will take a deer this size or I'm I taking a risk. Should I just use my .300 WSM? I really want to use the .243 but logic tells me if I'm questioning its ability, I shouldn't be using it.

What would you do? Has anyone experienced sucess or failure shooting a large buck with the .243?