I would use the load that you have and Know. However, I wouldn't count much on the bullet expanding. In my experience with .357 magnum soft points and articles on them, they hardly expand at all unless you hit something hard like a shoulder. Deer are too soft to make pistol bullets expand at pistol velocities in my experience.
Don't think that there aren't big deer in Indiana either. Last year I took an 8-point that dressed out to 200lbs. and my college buddy has also take two bucks that dressed out over 195 lbs. The deer in Indiana tend to get fed a diet of a lot of corn and soybeans so they can get BIG, not mule deer big though. They are soooo tasty!!
I am sure that your .41 mag load will drop any deer in Indiana in its tracks if you put one through its front shoulders and if you have a vitals shot it might run a little on you. I use a .357 magnum so you have me outgunned and I know my pistol will take a good sized deer.
Boo586
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