Best Ar15 Caliber for Wisconsin Deer Hunting in Brush

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I recently bought a Ruger Ar556 MPR in .223 and absolutely love it. However, I would like to upgrade and get another upper for it dedicated to deer hunting. I almost never have a shot over 150 yards and usually hunt in thick areas. I mostly am looking for something to handle shooting into light brush if needed. I have basically narrowed it to 300 blackout, 6.5 grendel, 6.8 sp and 450 bushmaster. Im leaning towards the grendel and blackout. I love how little the .223 kicks and want to stay as close to that as possible but am willing to budge on that for performance. I have looked at pretty much all of the ballistics of the calibers but no one ever talks about capabilities in the brush. I want to be able to shoot through a few small branches and not have to worry about it. I have no experience with any of these calibers. Obviously cheaper ammo is better but i wont be plinking with it so thats not a big deal. I will be buying a whole new upper for whatever i bought. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
 
Counter-intuitively, fast moving spitzer-shaped rounds get deflected by brush. see IraqVeteran8888 youtube video. Heavy, slow moving thumpers like 45-70 govt. do really well in brush, not getting deflected. Not sure off the top of my head what big bore, flat meplat rounds chamber for ARs.
 
Counter-intuitively, fast moving spitzer-shaped rounds get deflected by brush. see IraqVeteran8888 youtube video. Heavy, slow moving thumpers like 45-70 govt. do really well in brush, not getting deflected. Not sure off the top of my head what big bore, flat meplat rounds chamber for ARs.
The 2 big ones that come to mind would be 458 socom and 450 Bushmaster. The blackout i thought would be similar however. But I have no experience with any of those
 
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