Jimmyp, you want a mild recoil deer zapper?
Load some 100 grain NBTs at 3,200 out of a 6.5C. In a CTR they'd nudge less than a .243 and kill well in woods or across a field.
For Deer, a lot of guys aren't familiar with the joys of a 6.5mm round shooting a 100 grain bullet...
Certainly is a sleeper of being a real deer killer...