many of you guys may think I'm on drugs for saying this ,
but I have used similar loads hunting deer as I use for elk,
I've used mostly heavy for caliber bullets,for 5 decades,
I don,t shoot unless I have a precise target,on the deer,s vitals
and to the utter astonishment of many people,
deer generally drop within a few yards... dead as a stump
your options or choices in caliber and flat trajectory are not as critical as many people might suggest.
for deer hunts I'm a fan of the browning BLR carbines
117/120 grain/257 roberts (BROWNING BLR)
https://www.speer-ammo.com/products/...le-bullet/1415
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/rifl...erlock-btsp#!/
180/200 grain /30/06 (BROWNING BLR)
https://www.speer-ammo.com/products/...le-bullet/2211
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/rifl...nterlock-sp#!/
250 grain/ 358 win(BROWNING BLR)
https://www.speer-ammo.com/products/...le-bullet/2453
350 grain/450 marlin (BROWNING BLR)
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/rifl...nterlock-rn#!/
hit the deer with a 358 win, 250 grain or 350 grain from a 450 marlin caliber rifle
and place it in that (X) draw a line from a-c and a second from b-d (between the letters in the deer diagram)
picture that (X) described and you'll seldom find you have any issues,
with potential tracking, or deer running more than a few steps,
the more I hunt with the 358 win and 450 marlin chambered BLR carbines the more impressed Ive become
I sight all my rifles in to impact 3.5" higher than the cross hair in the scope indicates at 100 yards
this allows a very easy no calculations required hold,
for consistent shot placement, in the first 150- 200 yards where an easy 75-80%,
of all the deer and elk Ive shot for decades are shot at