I shot a sick racoon 7 times with a 9mm from about 5 yards before it finally killed him. I was making chest shots and thought sure one shot would have done it. After I got started, I really felt bad about having to shoot it so many times to put it out of it' s misery. I got rid of the 9mm.
I woudnt get rid of a 9 b/c of that. In this case, I doubt a .357 would do much more. I' ve got 2 9mm' s and love them both. I would NEVER use one for deerhunting though.