Originally Posted by JPro
[quote=hookeye]Like .35 Remington just fine.
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I've carried a single shot CVA Whelen (loaded down) and a .444 Marlin Handi-rifle on nasty days, even during regular season. Both were reliable when it came to good blood trails.

I was just going to suggest something like that! I grew up with a 30-30 in Se Texas Big Thicket. It worked swell with the 150 corlokts. Later on I used a little Marlin 1894 44 mag and it left big blood trails. Two friends of mine glommed onto the Marlin 444 and 1895 45-70. But, the worst was guys shooting bucks and hogs too far away with 12ga and buckshot. 00 is .30 cal, but those left tiny entrance holes, no blood, well, a few drops. I walked up on many soured, wasted deer and hogs on our lease.