I know a hunter out in Western Kansas that has used one for probably coming on twenty years or better now-he only takes up close and personal shots, but he always seems to get good bucks with it...He also took a Ruger .30Carbine revolver out last year, took a nice whitetailed deer with it....

That said, I wouldn't recommend it, I'm not certain really why that fellow is so dead set on using the .30C, he's got several other better suited guns, just likes it I guess.

On a similar note, I've used semi-auto carbines in pistol calibers, 9mm, .40S&W, and .45acp (thompson knockoff) in the past-they weren't anything I'd recommend, but they did well enough to get the job done-The only reason I don't recommend any of such carbines is because getting people to hunt ONLY the range such guns are good for is hard: all shots I took with them were under 50yrds, controlling yourself to not take a shot at 75yrds is hard when it seems so easy.

Get another gun, the .30Carbine is just for fun really, the military forces dropped it like a bad habit after seeing its "killing ability", deer aren't really that much stouter than people, that's proof enough for me.