Once and a while I take out my Savage '99 30-30. It is nice and light to walk around with, but in my experience you will have deer going farther than with something with more velocity. Two years ago I shot a medium sized doe broadside through both lungs and she skipped off (Not ran flat out) and made it about 100 yards. There was plenty of blood, but at about 50 yards I was starting to worry. 30-30 is O.K., but you may want to allow a little more tracking room depending where you are hunting.
Last edited by Gunplummer; 04-29-2014 at 11:22 PM.