A .308 Gold Dot will probably get it done fine at 300 on deer. They don't have the greatest BC, but 300 isn't real long range with the .308. Fairly well balanced cartridge and bullet if cost is a major concern.
As far as my favorite bonded bullet, I like the original white tipped Accubond. Very nice balance of toughness and expansion with a decent BC for general purpose hunting, and many times you can duplicate the load with the BT and get very similar accuracy and POI for cheaper practice.
That said, I stumbled onto Norma's Bondstrike bullet recently and got a bunch of the 143gr versions for my wife's 6.5 PRC, and now I'm waiting impatiently for the 165gr 7mm version to hit the shelf.
The 6.5mm 143 has a very similar form factor to Nosler's 142 ABLR, but without the thin jacket and big cavity behind the tip, I'm less leery about driving it hard, in case my shot is inside 200yds. Basically it has the shape of the ABLR but the construction of the original Accubond. And I got them for $54/100.