i just picked a up a brand new browning bar left handed semi auto in 300 wsm.... and mounted a leupold vxlll 3.5-10 on it

havnt desided weather or not im going to load for it since all i bought it for basicly is a beeter all round purpose gun just for deer basicly.

kinda like my version of a 30-30 on juice.

That should work on whitetails; how large are the deer up by you?

George

the deer can get very larg bodied because of our northern climates....

a 2-3 year old buck will go 170-190....

adverage adult 4-5 year old deer will go about 230-250 pounds if proper food is available.

i shot a very heavy bodied buck this past season that went live weight of 246 pounds. score of 132 on the 10 point rack. very heavy bases.

about 20-30 pounds lighter if they have been forced to feed off of pine seeds and other lighter food sources.