I am pleasantly surprised to see this pop up again as I was just pondering my hunting loads for the upcoming season. Since I opened this thread 2 seasons ago, I have taken several deer and one hog with the 44 special. It's my "go to" caliber and seems to handle deer about as well as my 44 mag.

Most of my deer have been taken with 240 hard cast but I have also tried 200 JHP with good success. Does anyone else hunt with a 200 JHP?