Originally Posted by ingwe
This is all good to see, if such a thing as this thread could have been posted 50 years ago it would be full of " the .243 is too light for deer" comments...

And I believed that too - growing up hearing from grandpa, uncles and friends that .30-06 was the minimum deer cartridge and 7mm Mag or .300 Mag was mo' better.
Funny thing though, since I started shooting 'em with a .243 and .223 they die just as dead. laugh
Here's my wife's buck shot with a .243 and 95 grain Hornady SSTs at, if I recall, 135 yards, or so. Right side entry and blew up inside with massive internal damage. The buck didn't take a step, but went right down.
That is the biggest bodied buck I've ever seen killed. Though we didn't weigh it, I weigh about 300lbs and she's about 100lbs. It was much closer in size and weight to me than her. Matter of fact, we couldn't drag it and had to call our son to come help.grin
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