re: Would a 30-30 marlin drop a buck at 100 yards

My first deer ever was a 10 point. I was 16 yrs old and it was Christmas Eve.I will probably hunt the rest of my life and never kill another deer that compares to it. Killed it with a 30-30 Marlin at just short of 100 yards. Maybe it was luck, but I like to think that my father made me spend enough time shooting at targets to have made a well placed shot.