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.300 RUM
.300 Win Mag
7mm Mag
.303 British (a Lee Enfield of some sort)
.300 Win Mag
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You have to give these badly misguided individuals credit for one thing, at least. they are serious about making sure the thing's dead.
I'd like to remind the group that there is no such thing as overkill. Dead is still dead. The only really good reasons to turn aside from magnums are recoil, expense, and possible damage to meat.
At short range, a 30-06 or even the .303 enfield will be almost equally effective as an ultramag for a deer cartridge. They will both reliably kill the heck out of the critter.
I'm of the opinion that minimum 2,500 fps, 100 grain bullet, 6 mm, and good quality soft points are what should be used on deer, and deer at long range need to have increased velocity and a good flat trajectory to eliminate error in distance judgement.
.357 in a rifle with a 180 grain game load comes into that category. I'm still never going to shoot a deer with it unless it is my only option.