Ohio finally opened the door to a rifle for deer hunting. Must be a straight wall cartridge:
Legal deer hunting rifles are chambered for the following calibers: .357 Magnum, .357 Maximum, .38 Special, .375 Super Magnum, .375 Winchester, .38-55, .41 Long Colt, .41 Magnum, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, .444 Marlin, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .45 Long Colt, .45 Winchester Magnum, .45 Smith & Wesson, .454 Casull, .460 Smith & Wesson, .45-70, .45-90, .45-110, .475 Linebaugh, .50-70, .50-90, .50-100, .50-110 and .500 Smith & Wesson.
The problem is flat terrain and population density. The first year rifle was permitted, a few years ago, gun and pawn shops were flooded with people looking for rifles in the above calibers. So far so good. I always hunted in West Virginia and despite a wide range of rifles I had I always gravitated to my little Ruger 44 Carbine as it was short and handy, easy to come right up on target. I seldom had a shot worth taking over 100 yards and most deer I took were inside 50 yards. All things considered the shorter easily carried rifles in cartridges like .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum were a good choice as well as the .45 Colt and a few others.
Ron