My son shot his first deer with the ole .243 this year. He hit her in the shoulder and it was still a pass through without much of an exit hole. But she went down and was DRT. The power was more than adequate I just wasn't impressed with the exit wound. I'm glad she went down quick. His shot placement could have been a little better but I think with any round you make a bad shot your gonna get bad results.That was my first experience with the round but hopefully he will get another one this year and we will have to follow back up on the thread with the results.