.243 is hard to beat for Varmints & WhiteTails here in TX with such a wide variety of bullet weights to choose from. And I've killed a truck load of feral hogs with mine, also. But deer are pretty small bodied animals, here in TX.

Anything bigger, I usually go with my 7 X 57 cool

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