I agree, sounds like you want to move to a big gun when what you probably should be doing is maximising using what you already have.
Ie making sure you are using projectiles that will perform at the distances you are shooting at, making sure you and the rifle can acheive a level of precision to put the bullet where you want it, and also learn a bit more about deer anatomy (Flyblown on here has done some good posts on this, deer anatomy and ideal points of aim)
Most the deer ive shot recently dont go far, only a few leaps at best, many poleaxe on the spot, even well out beyond 600 yards. 162gr Amax hitting high and forward in the front shoulder tends to put huge shock into the central nervous system sacking them hard as well as big tissue damage so they bleed out not long after hitting the deck
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