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I used a Scout 44 mag last year. I chose it over my Henry 357 and NEF 45-70.
Illinois is noted for big deer and politicians with small brains.
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Inside of 150 yards, give me boom, boom, boom. 😎
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Get a 350 Legend and call it good. Cheaper to shoot than the slug guns now a days, almost no recoil, and with the right gun/load/shooter I'd call it a 200 yard deer slayer.
They say everything happens for a reason.
For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
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I'd get the 400 legend instead. Little more pop is always good. I think savage has a bolt gun now that is affordable
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I think the 45/70 will do it all. It has to be a single shot.
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If you're a handloader, the .357 Maximum with 180 gr. Speer bullets and a case full of AA1680 will be hard to beat in a single shot. I've been using one for years for deer in Iowa from a single shot pistol. 250 yard gun with that above combo.
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter 
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44mag. Buffalo Bore Deer grenade!
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Was out shooting one if my ruger 44 carbines. Shot a box of winchester white box. 60 yards and peeps. Can keep in the black all day. Have drt deer with it. 44 rem mag is a viable option
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