I've been shooting deer for Deer Land Owner Permits since 1987....usually shoot 100 + or - every year....only use one rifle a Winchester 70 and one bullet a 243 Winchester and Sierra 85 gr. BTHP.....
Never have lost one deer very few go more than 50 yards most will go 10 or so yards....all are shot in grain fields in the evening.....

Just picked up a Christensen Arms with a 20" barrel in 243 Winchester to use suppressed while the Winchester 70 gets a new barrel.....