125 grain nosler for deer?

[K9 Handler]

I'd just want jump in here and thank you guys for sharing your knowledge and experience. You just saved me a bundle of money! Let me explain that....
I've been lurking here wondering about what to do. I hunt whitetail on my own property in CT, and is typical most everywhere in the NE, we are subject to suburb-creep. More and more farms are falling to the dreaded developer, who puts up mega-square-foot McMansions. My surrounding property is no exception. I fear the days of hunting with my LH .308 are numbered, as the soccer moms get horrified when the sound of gunfire wakes the kids early mornings. So I was looking for a quieter way to take down the deer during the firearms season (yes, I do bowhunt, too).
All my shots are well under 125 yards, molstly due to the dense hardwoods.
I did go to TC and got one of their 300/221 Encore barrels with the twist that's wrong for heavy subsonics, just as a start. I probably would have gotten an upper for my Colt AR eventually, but I was really turned off by the problems folks posting here have had with them.
But after reading the posts above, you've convinced me that subsonic 220s are NOT the way to go for hunting. I've read the posts where they purpose head shots on moving deer and wondered how you accomplished that, especially when the noise of the gun gets there before the bullet does! And I REALLY don't want to make a bad shot.

So I'll be happy with the Encore barrel firing 125s. So it's a little noisy. Still better than a .308 firing 165's....

If the soccer-moms don't like it, well that's just too bad!

Now I just have to anquish over which .125 to use! :lol:

Thanks again.