30-06 is probably one of the best all-around rifle cartridges you'll ever find.I've seengame as small as white-tail deer taken with an 06 as well as game as large as a moose. Cartridges aren't too expensive, especially if you reload your own. Buy up a bunch of good surplus, use them for punching holes in paper, then reload them for hunting using the best choice/weight bulletfor the game you are going for... Just my .02 cents worth. Good luck!