I have been hunting private land in Southwest Alabama for a long time. For years the limit was two does a day,it's still one doe a doe a day, The season is over 100 days long so it's possible to kill a lot of deer if you want to.

Being a rifle nut,for years I experimented with lots of different cartridges and bullet designs. The result of all of this is that I think there are better choices than a 243 for deer.