I' m a huge fan of lead slugs, whether semi-wad, round nosed, flat point, Keith, or CAS, they make very devastating bullets.

Sorry, had to get that out. The guld dots make good deer bullets, and they' re well suited to your purpose...I run .44mags, and they weren' t my favorite, but at that range and with a ' lowly .357' , they' ll do quite well. My problem with them was pretty much one thing: my .44mag is good for out to 100yrds, where a ' soft bullet' is required since velocities are rather low, but too soft of bullet would be kind of nasty at close ranges, so finding a bullet that does well at high AND low velocities is key. That' s not going to be a problem for you, since the .357 really does limit you to 50yrds or under, the gold dots are good for this type of range/velocity. They' re a little too soft too push into a deer at 1700fps at close ranges (yes, I do load .44mags this heavy, thanks Ruger SBH), but they' re a little hard for getting it done at 125yrds. Plus, they only shot well for me out to about 60yrds, where I can get much better results with other bullets out past 150yrds-not that 60yrd performance is what you' re worried about.

Go for it, they' re a good bullet well suited to what you' re asking of them.