The Nikon Gold is a great scope and will work well for deer hunting. I would also suggest checking out the Nikon Monarch Series with the BDC reticle. I just returned home from Ks. deer hunting. My buddy and I shot 5 deer with 5 diferent rifles all utilizing the BDC reticle.
Go to Nikonhunting.com,
check out what is available , then click on the Spot On logo.
This site will let you enter all your load,scope and sight in data and tell you distances for each BDC circle at each magnification setting, I can tell you first hand it is awesome.
Let me know if you have any questions Sandman.
Bart
Nikon Pro Staff