Aside from more bells and whistles most inlines are perfectly adequate for deer or elk hunting unless you are talking 200-300 yard shots. Most will be 100 yards or less. I shot a TC Hawkin for years,killed a few elk with .Then bought one of the eraly inlines. Killed a few elk with it .Then bought a TC Impact. Killed a few elk with it.
Stay away form plastic sights like theTraditions have and such.
With BH209 being almost impossitble to find at present and $70 /8 ounces, I may go back to my Hawkn and balck powder if I go this fall.