RE: 125 Grain 30/06 load well suited to deer?
I have used 125 core locks for many years on deer . That is all I use. The bulet expands very well and gives very fast kills. My wife now shoots the 30 06 and elk hunts with it ,165s for elk. So far every elk she has shot drops in there tracks.She allso shoots deer every year with 125s.
I have never even thought of using a holow piont for deer.
In most states you can use a lot smaller calibers. What about a 243 or a 225 they are fast and little bulets yet they kill many deer each year.
My dad shoots 180s and they do not expand very well in deer.We end up tracking them a lot,allthough it allways kills them.