For typical Southern whitetails, a .243 would be perfect and there's a multitude of factory options available. If you include big Northern deer and big muleys, something a little bigger might be in order; any of the common rounds based on the '06 or .308.

The fast .22s are illegal in a number of places in the East so are excluded, even though they apparently work fine for the folks who can shoot.


What fresh Hell is this?