I am sure a 44 or 45 RB or whatever you want to call it will kill a deer, but I wouldn't want to try and track it through our woods.

I've hit them with a 54-Maxi and not have them bleed a drop externally. One time in particular, the only reason I knew it was a hit was because the deer went down at the strike, jumped up and ran 100yds or so, through the thickest stuff this side of Seattle. I never found a drop of blood.


There is no accounting for taste.

Experience is a great thing as long as one survives it.

Generally, there ain't a lot that separates the two however,
Barely making it is a whole lot more satisfying than barely not making it.