Best .243 round for Whitetail Deer ?

Right now? Whatever you can find.

I shoot purple tips.

Any modern hunting bullet is just fine for a whitetail.

The answer is none
Unless this if for a kid or a woman (even then there are better options)

Core lokt 100

If you use a 243 the deer will just flinch and slowly walk back towards you nose flared and beat you down with judi chops!!!!

Federal fusion wil keep this from happening

A Ruger M77 mk ii .243 was my first deer rifle and while I have other rifles now, I still hunt with it from time to time. My girlfriend killed her first deer with it this year. She made a great shot and it ran 25 yards from point of impact. Blood trail was great.

My favorite bullet has always been the Barnes TSX 85gr. My rifle shoots them well and with good shot placement you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between that round and any other higher powered round when cleaning a deer. They rarely go far and the TSX gets food penetration and I have generally always had good blood trails. That said, I lost my first deer with the rifle this year but it was a bad shot on my part. I hit the deer low. Still recommend the rifle and the bullet though.

Love hunting with 95 gr Sierra sst.

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100gr Nosler Partition. Lots of other great bullets out there but if your looking for the bullet to exit then this is your answer.

Whatever you can find at the moment. Any hunting bullet from about 80 grains on up will be fine. The thing you have to watch with .243 is that you don't buy some light varmint grenade as there are plenty of those available for the caliber. Hell even those will kill a whitetail more often than not, but exits are not likely. they're not tough critters. I've been using the Hornaday whitetail 100gr interlocks because they were stupid cheap at one point and my gun likes them.