depends on the shooter. A good shooter could kill deer with a .25-06 a heck of a long ways out there. Some good glass could really help your odds though with long range shooting(hunting?) conditions need to be perfect.

At whatever range it is going 1,800 fps and carrying 1,000+ ft lbs energy.

how far do you think you need to shoot? most of the time it is not the rifle that leaves an animal wounded and suffering, it is the shooter who should not have taken the shot in the first place.

I agree with Jere Smith, now -1 me.

What whitetail woods do you hunt in that would even make this an issue? Its not as if you would be shooting from ridge top to ridge top at mule deer. It amazes me that people use flat shooting long range calibers, let alone debate their long range performance, when the longest shot before the animal disappears into a tangle of vegetation might be 100 yards.

Not me Long dong here! :-0~