RE: Which caliber is responsible for the most wounded deer?
I dont know if you can blame any particular caliber, I think you would have to blame a particular person behind the rifle causing the deer to be wounded from poor shot placement. Hard to say since ive killed deer with the following calibers .223, 30-30,30-06, 308 win, 357 mag, and 44 mag. Ive dropped deer in there tracks with all those calibers listed and some had run but not any further then a 100 yards and some only ran 10 yards the only deer I had run more then 300 yards was with a badly placed shot at 175+ yards with my 308 ( My first time deer hunting) even then I still managed to track and find the animal. with my .223 (mini-14) and 357 mag (pistol) I limit my shots to 50- 60 yards my 44 mag and 30-30 ( both carbines) I limit my shots to 150 yards. Both my 308 and 30-06 I killed deer asfar as 400 yards. Any deer can be wounded with any caliber so I will say most deer wounded are from young novice hunters with any caliber and the popular calibers for beginning deer hunters would be the 30-30 or 243. So if you actually broke it down to the caliber then I guess I will say the 30-30 or the 243 have been the calibers used but not responsible for wounding the most deer.