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They are small (ish) - Buck gutted from 16-25kg, doe even smaller.

.222 Rem and up is officially alowed here, tho it can be quite easy to take them with .22 Hornet...or even .22 l.r. and .22 Mag (clean, short distance, precise shot with good visibilty or tracking dog) tho those are not allowed here.

grandveneur is right - Terrain, distance, other game that might be of interest all come to play.

.243 Win, any 6,5 and 7mm would be optimal, 7mm, .30 and up get the nod when boars and red deer are present.

9,3 (62 or 74R) are both fine (far from needed) - with slow heavy bullets no harm is done.

Mag calibers with high velocities can sometimes ruin the meat - tho are fine on longest distances.

Hit in the front leg (usual wounding) no caliber will bring them down and are quite hard to track - they continue to make circles inside their teritory, with other roes in the area it can be a nightmare to track when wounded.

However - low shot - hit in the sternum - bigger is better, also hit signs are always better with bigger calibers, esp on hard to read terrain or on longer shots where the spot where the animal was shot is hard to find.

P.S. Shit happens - I tracked a wounded Buck that was shot the previous day with 7mm Rem Mag and TIG bullet - square behind the shoulders - bullet exited - it was still alive the next day and dog had to bring it down - it is a true exception and the possibility to happen again is equal to null - but as I said - shit happens that no caliber can prevent.

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