A cousin of mine took 4 deer last year, ranging from 150# dressed doe to a 210# dressed buck, all with a .357 mag revolver. I think his is either an 8 or 10" barreled colt, but he claimed they dropped like he'd shot them with a rifle. HOWEVER, with that said, he hunted like he had a bow in his hand, not a gun. The longest shot he took with it was on a doe that was running across his lawn, at about 45 yrds. Other than that, he had them all within 30 yrds. He allowed that if he couldn't get them that close, he wouldn't shoot, mostly because he doesn't trust the accuracy of hanguns for much past 50 yrds, like most people shouldn't.