I have a Browning A-Bolt 25/06 That has taken many many deer! I have never shot a 117 gr. Nosler, but I have shot lots of 115 Nosler BT, some partions, lots of Sierra 117 gr SP and BTSP, lots of 117 gr & 120 gr HP gr Hornadys and a few 100 gr Nosler BT. All of them kill whitetail deer, most within a few yards, a few ran a little farther, but not much. The 25/06 is about as close to a 270(< than 150 gr bullets)as you can get.
Jimmy K