I've killed deer - one shot - with a 22 rimfire - but that's not exactly a wise - or legal choice.
If I'm shooting from a distance - 200 yards plus - I'll take a .270 or 30.06 over just about anything. If you make a bad shot, 99% of the time, the poor deer is knocked down flat anyway. I've hit some that went down so fast - I thought I missed - and found them laying flat down in the brush. That will rarely happen with a low powered gun like a 30-30 or an SKS - unless the shot is very well placed and you're close.
That all being said - I once shot a goose from close range with my .270 - and the bullet went right though it and it kept flying. Close range, it just made a pin-hole with no expansion. I did later find the goose, still alive but not feeling too well. I felt kind of bad, I don't like wounding animals.
Years back, my area of New York during regular big game season was shotgun only for deer hunting, and it was a mess. On opening day, there were wounded deer running all over the place that had one or two 12 gauge slugs in them. I'm glad those days are over now.
Once nice thing about having farm land is getting off season nuisance permits to shoot deer and turkey with any sort of gun you want.
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