RE: I recently picked up a .243 for deer hunting due too some shoulder trouble.
This may sound crazy, but given the parameters you have just listed, I would load up some 100 grain semi pointed sierras at 2500 fps and go out and shoot deer. This load should kill deer all day long at the ranges you suggested and have very little recoil. I feel your pain, I love to shoot large rifles, but have an ailing shoulder as well.