Of course "dead is dead", but I always tend to a more lightly recoiling cartridge for a given chore. Eastern Whitetail generally don't require the power or range of the 270. But everyone to his own choice... there's no "right" answer.
The old farmer that let me hunt his land and taught me how to deer hunt used a custom 257 Roberts. When I decided to have a custom of my own I chose a 7x57. Both cartridges worked very well on his farm.
Dan
