Yes Terry, my rifle is chambered in 30-06. I guess my hesitation in taking that approach would be that the three species I will hunt here are white tailed deer, caribou and moose. Whatever I chose, I think would be fine with caribou, but deer and moose are so different in size, skin, etc... that I didn't think the best load for one would be that good for the other.

Right now, I have a zero of +1.5" at 130 yds (110 m) with the 165 grain GameKing which is much softer than either the Barnes Triple Shock X (acronym BTSX?) and the Trophy Bonded Bear Claw. I'm thinking it will work great for deer and caribou, but makes the effective shot on a moose much tighter than if I used something with a little more penetration. The BTSX and Trophy Bonded Bear Claw both have better penetration which would seem to me makes that effective shot on a moose larger; would probably work on a caribou; but having less expansion may make the effective shot on a whitetail tighter than it needs to be. This is my thought process on possibly using two different loads. Does it make sense? Would you still stick to a single load?

As you can tell, this area is new to me, so your tolerance of my ignorance is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Dan