I think the focus of this thread was intened to be about the rifle and not the guy behind it. Range and shot placement should be the concern.

I have an SKS but I have never hunted with it because I have much better options of range and accuracy in my gun safe. I think I could hunt deer with it but I would limit my shots to muzzleloader type ranges and handload some nice cartriges for the job. I would feel like camo goon walking around with it in the woods though.