Can't go wrong... I have many 357 revolvers, and two 357 lever guns.. I LOVE THEM... The .357 out of a carbine is no slouch... and with light 38 loads, there is no recoil and darn little noise.. the kids love them.. great teaching tool... can't say enough about them..
I also have a Marlin Lever in 44 mag... it too is one fine deer gun, excellent accuracy... I had it shortened to a 16" barrel, with a 1.5 power Leopold... it IS my truck gun... I carried it at work in the early 80's,( yep matching handgun caliber too..) had more that one burglary suspect go prone to the business end of it... one of the funniest thing I heard was while booking one of those suspects... "Man that cop what arrested me pulled a gun one me what had three barrels!" guest he couldn't count, or thought the Mag Tube and scope were barrels.. hey, it worked, he didn't argue!.. Some folks have issue with the recoil of a 44 mag in a pistol, but in a rifle, it is minor...
If you are not recoil sensitive, the 44 would be a great choice, if you are, then the 357.... Either cartridge in a rifle is not bad at all, pistols a bit different... it all boils down to physics and the old "Horsepower to weight ratio"... for some it can get to be a bit "Sporty"...
For feral hogs and deer at about 100 yds,, your good to go with either.... Javelina, it too will do the job, but they are weird little buggers, just sometimes don't know they are dead yet.. I've hit javelina with a 300 gr 45-70 at 40 yards in a solid lung shot and had the spin and swish their tail like they were stung by a bee, then walk off and fall over a full minute later... I have hit Feral Hogs with a that 44 carbine and had their feet come out from under them, and they were done, shot placement about the same, and the feral hogs were much larger... go figure...