I like deer meat too much to watch it run off so I've pretty much stuck with my 7mm rem mag. Some say (Chuck Hawks) the 7 mag is "too much" gun, whatever that means. Shoot, I've even heard of the brothers in South Houston sittin' up in trees along side the river bank shootin' deer with chrome plated .38's! There's a million half baked stories out there and most would agree just as I do that there has to be a minimum caliber involved here.