Bait is typically 100-160 yards. If one can't get complete penetration through a deer with a 308 at those ranges then maybe they need something else
My guide and his dad use 243 with 85 tsx. They've killed plenty b&c deer and even elk and moose with the lowly 243 and they are lifelong residents of "sask"
As I posted earlier I did not get pass through on a 1/4 away buck at 40 yards this year with my 7mm RM + 168gr LRAB. My friend just called me today and he got his buck too - ~100 yards sharp 1/4-to shot and his 200gr Accubond out of his .300 WM stayed in the buck.
Sometimes it's just funny the way it works.
