I have never been against using a 357 for deer, but I have said for years and still believe that the 44 Magnum makes a better choice for hunting with a pistol cartridge, same as my belief that a 260 Rem or 6.5CM makes a much better low recoil rifle cartridge then a 243 for the same application. I know plenty of people who deer hunt with 223s, 357s, 30 carbines, even a 9mm carbine and they all swear they work, but I don't like extended tracking jobs so I stick to firearms that make north of 2,000 ft/lbs with fast expanding 120gr+ bullets and I have never tracked anything (that I shot) more then about 40 yards in my 30 years of hunting.