Stinger for the money an h&r with a decent scope is hard to beat. I know guys have took deer with the 44 I personally use a 500 s&w and it's a hoss if recoil bothers you do not buy the 500 but the deer do not move they all drop right there. The guy that use to hunt with us had a 41 rem mag in a lever gun and talk about a tack driver with awesome knock down power and no recoil.