It may be a good deer round but that is about it. It doesn't have near the power to be an effective elk or larger big game round.

7mm-08 doesn't perform better than the .308. It's has about 300 ft/lbs less energy at 300 yards and it still drops nearly -8 inches at 300 yards.

.308 drops -8.1 inches at 300 yards and retains about 300 ft/lbs more energy which puts it in the elk/bear conversation.

Plus you have the option of all the different bullets and factory loads in the .308. And it has mild recoil.