Cant have too much gun....The deer in North Central Kansas are large! When the next deer could be a B&C, I want all the gun I can shoot.
Sound advice, especially when you're traveling from out of state and only have a few days to hunt. Large bodied deer that are full of testosterone can soak up a lot of lead before giving up the ghost. Cartridge choice is a personal matter but I've always figured that as long as I can handle the recoil, at the very least there's no disadvantage to using a bigger one.
No disrespect intended, but this "can't have too much gun" mentality for deer hunting just isn't true, even for Kansas. Just as in the "7mag for Brown Bear" thread, good bullets are the key, and most any bullet will kill the very biggest bodied whiteys or mule deer anywhere on the planet, including .243's an up.
I do believe a guy should use whatever super magnum he feels like using though, as long as he can shoot it accurately.
