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Going along with Johnny's comments: You *always* have to play the what-ifs. I've had deer take a step just as I was about to touch off a neck shot. Wound up with a shoulder hit, middle of the lungs above the heart.
With my '06, no problem. Deer fell in its tracks and stayed there.
A 9mm? Well, just how good *are* you on that "quick, follow-up shot"? If you're not expecting to have to take that second shot, you're reasonably likely to make a gut shot--"shoot at the brown mass".
Got a tracking dog? You a good tracker? Got new batteries in your flashlight? Do you carry a flashlight in the late afternoon? You can be out there all night, on a several-mile chase...
The issue ain't, "Will a 9mm kill a deer?" The issue is, "Will a bad hit drop him so you can for-sure put the killing shot into him?" What's important is "for-sure". Clean kill.
For most pistol cartridges, the answer is "NO!"
Survival food is a whole 'nother story. I'll use anything--.22 rimfire on up, and shoot a fawn as quick as a grownup doe or buck. Up close and in the head.
FWIW, Art
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