buckman- you do not say where you are; or what you are shooting at. the whitetails here weigh 60-80 pounds. the ones in Canada sask weigh 300 pounds and cost 7K to hunt. I have shot antelope, whitetail , 20 mule deer , a couple elk and 130 coyote with a .243. they work real well. a 100 grain Hornady or a 95 nolser partition for deer. awesome.
