We need to know the style of hunting to give any real advise Visitor.

Open farmland or vast hills call for flat shooting bolt actions: 243 - 300win mag.
Thick bush ridges and gullies (or drives) call for short, fast actions: 30-30 - shotguns.

Don't buy one gun thinking its better cause its more expensive, I've missed opportunities because I had my fancy (expensive) scoped 308 bolt when I should have been carrying my basic (cheap) iron sighted 30-30.

"guns aren't for killing people, guns are for killing dangerous and delicious animals"
- Homer Simpson

Edited by - tschaef on 10/19/2002 20:14:35