That's a valid point, Kevin.
My first deer hunting with a handgun took place in Florida. The deer there are hardly larger than Lassie, and almost all hunting for them was from treestands due to the extremely heavy cover. One shoots essentially straight down from only a few feet away.
I used loads featuring the Speer 225 JHP over (if I recall) something like 18 grains of 2400. I didn't own a chronograph then, so I can only guess that they flew at 900 fps or so. Never lost a deer with it under those conditions, and you had to anchor one on the spot because if it made a few leaps it might not be found.
