RE: What caliber for deer 7mm08 or 25-06 ?
Dan... I've shot a number of whitetails with both cartridges... They both work very well, but I'd give the nod to the 25-06 for long range work (over 300 yards)... However, the 7mm-08 is available in a number of very handy short action rifles...My current favorite PA deer rifle is a Rem 700 Mountain Rifle in 7mm-08... The 25-06 would probably be a better varmint rifle, but both would work equally well for casual 'chuck shooting.. My chuck shooting is basically just practice for my big game hunting, so I shoot them with my hunting rifles, usually the 7mm-08, .280 Rem and even my 9.3 x 62....