Might also mention something Finn Aagaard wrote years ago in an article titled "Guns of the Settlers," about his first several decades of hunting in Kenya........
His last sentence reads: “Even today, as it always has been, it is not the rifle or its cartridge that matters so much, but rather the skill and knowledge of the rifleman-hunter who is using it.”
A quick recollection (does not consider other deer sized critters)
I have killed deer with....
Tac-20 243 Win 25-06 Rrem 257 Wby 6.5 x 55 260 Rem 26 Nosler 270 Win 270 WSM 6.8 Western 7mm-08 280 Rem 7 mag 7 STW 30 WCF 308 Win 30-06 Srpingfiled 300 H&H 300 Win Mag 300 RUM 325 WSM 338 RUM 35 Whelen 375 H&H 45-70