In my view the .270 Winchester is an awesome and powerful cartridge. It' s ideal use is for long range mountain and prairie hunting and It' ll certainly do for deer in the woods.

I think that you' d be better served by a carbine style gun chambered for a " short action" cartridge. The Remington M-7 in .260 is a good example. Brownings micromedallion in .257 Roberts or a Savage 99 in .250-3000

However a .270 will serve you well!! Remington used to make their pump in an 18 1/2" barrel....great woods gun.