For what you're describing a .357 Max with 180 gr. Speer FNSP or a WFNGC cast bullet in the 200 gr range would be ideal in my book. It's what I've used for years in Iowa and have yet to catch a bullet in a deer, from 50 to over 200 yards.
Selmer
"Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter
