A 308 with 150 grain bullets is a fine deer gun. It has very similar ballistics to the 30-06 but in a shorter case. Actually, from a practical hunting perspective, there is no difference.
I do have to admit, that I am not in favor of shooting at deer with a 28 bore slug or 410 or even 222 or 22-250 class rifles. These are far better than the sub bore gauges, but still fall far short for average hunters. These, for deer, are expert's guns, and should not be used by the average deer hunter. I have humanly taken many deer with a 22 magnum, but this was under controlled conditions and I was very careful when choosing whether to shoot or not. It has to be a perfect situation with minimal chance that the hit will be marginal.
The average hunter can not be expected to adhere to these standards totally. This is exactly why the gauges and calibers are outlawed in many states including NY.
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