RE: 125 Grain 30/06 load well suited to deer?
I didn't say they wouldn't kill a deer, I said it wasn't a pretty sight and I still maintain it is not a good logical choice for a deer bullet, especially in an '06 sized gun.
I do like Sierra spitzers for deer. A lot of people are down on them because the jacket peels off. While that is true the core retains a lot of its original mass and the jacket just cuts another hole. Sierra bullets are good accurate bullets and on deer sized game and they offer good penetration and clean kills.
That said, I still would never use a hollow point bullet in a high speed round like an '06 just because it will kill a deer. I killed a deer with my .17 Remington with a 25gr hollowpoint many years ago but I was young and foolish and I certainly will never attempt it again. Deer deserve more respect, they aren't varmints.
Daryl