Don't overthink the meat damage fad topic. We always were most concerned with getting a deer.
Use the gun that is best for you.
The 300 magnums kick me quite a bit. I shot one today with 150's over H4350 and the 7mm magnum kicked less with 140's and that just has to be a 300 yd. deer gun.
My favorite is whatever is my pet rifle of the moment. It was the 30-06 the last few years and today for longer ranges it's a 7mm RM.
