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The issue is "Clean Kill", right? That generally means "Shot Placement" as the paramount consideration.
We've gone through this before. I've made the point that a bad hit is always a possibility. I've had deer take a step between the time my brain told my finger to pull the trigger, and the time the gun actually went off. Had I been using a "minor cartridge", I might well have had a deer get away and die elsewhere...
It's unimportant whether a .45ACP "can" kill a deer, or a .223 or whatever. Certainly they can! What is important--at least to me--is that the package of the gun/cartridge, the shooter's expertise, and the deer's behavior all come together in a clean, quick kill.
Only you, as an individual, can know if you're doing it right. Ethics is how you act when nobody's looking.
Regards, Art
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