Possible new deer rifle regs.

Ohio - bad news. Shot gun, Hand gun or Muzzleloader. No rifles. I'm in the same boat. I hunt both Ohio and Indiana.

Gun Season and Youth Gun Season
Shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller shotgun using one ball or one rifled slug per barrel (rifled shotgun barrels are permitted when using shotgun slug ammunition).
Muzzleloading rifle: .38 caliber or larger.
Muzzleloading shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller using one ball per barrel.
Handgun: With 5-inch minimum length barrel, using straight-walled cartridges .357 caliber or larger.
Straight-walled cartridge rifles in the following calibers: .357 Magnum, .357 Maximum, .38 Special, .375 Super Magnum, .375 Winchester, .38-55, .41 Long Colt, .41 Magnum, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, .444 Marlin, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .45 Long Colt, .45 Winchester Magnum, .45 Smith & Wesson, .450 Marlin, .454 Casull, .460 Smith & Wesson, .45-70, .45-90, .45-110, .475 Linebaugh, .50-70, .50-90, .50-100, .50-110, and .500 Smith & Wesson.
Shotguns and straight-walled cartridge rifles can be loaded with no more than three shells in the chamber and magazine combined.

Muzzleloader Season
Muzzleloading rifle: .38 caliber or larger.
Muzzleloading shotgun: 10 gauge or smaller using one ball per barrel.

Welcome to the forum! Since you are looking at both Indiana and Ohio, I'd look at a rifle that was chambered in .460 Smith & Wesson, or .454 Casull. Or look at getting a custom Smokeless Muzzleloader like a Savage or Remington with a .45 caliber barrel. (While Ohio allows .38 cal Muzzleloaders, Indiana is .45 cal min.)

With regards to the rifle, here's a place but they sure aren't cheap!!
www.bighornarmory.com/catalog/big-horn-armory-products/model-90-rifle-460-sandw-model-90a-454-casull-5/

I love a 444 and it's even legal now if you trim the case just a little. Same can be said about the 4570 also.

Aren't cheap is putting kindly. LOL! I have a custom .260 Rem with better build parts at about the same price, but it isn't legal here.
Investing for the future. I hope.....

My buddy bought a lever action .454 Casull a few years ago. I forget who the mfg was. It wasn't expensive though.

swampmusic, you might consider a rifle/carbine in .44 Magnum.  I currently have a Ruger Model 77/.44 Mag, and it is accurate and has plenty power for taking Deer.  I used this rifle when the State of Indiana, in 2007, allowed such cartridges (Cartridge pistol cartridges for hunting Deer)  There are also several Lever Actions on the market too.  Down here in Kentucky,  I use my .308 or .270 for Deer, as we have no restrictions on what to use on Deer, except it must be "Centerfire Cartridges".  So my Ruger 77/44 stays pretty much in my gun closet.

Rossi/Puma rings a bell... HE likes it because he reloads, and can use .45 Colt in it for practice, and either use full house .45 Colt for deer or .454 Casull if he needs more oomph. He used it on a hog hunt in Tenn, and had no problems taking a hog cleanly, spotting and stalking.

Does anyone know when the house bill is due to come up for vote? If they legalize more calibers I'd sure like to get a .45-70, but once I get the itch for a new gun it sure is hard to wait very long.

Great, thanks!