I have not shot any deer with a 30-06 in a few years now just because I have been using other rifles and loads. I have a few that I have not "blooded" yet, so I am using them for the fun of it, and have been doing that for about the last 8 seasons.
But I do have a large number of deer to my credit that I have killed with 30-06 rifles. The 2 that I have killed the most game with in that caliber are first my M1895 Browning lever action with iron sights and second, my "scout" I made on a Mauser with a 19" barrel.
I have also killed a handful with an M1 Garand and a Browning BLR in 30-06, as well as various other rifles I have used and owned in the last 50 years.
Some seasons I have been using a 30-06 as an elk gun, but had some deer tags in my pack too, so when a deer was seen I shot with what I had.
