So I was doing some back issue reading of some rifle mag's just laying around the house and I hit an article killing the 30-06. He had one main point. RECOIL. That got me thinking. Why do we put up with heavy recoil? Why doesn't the average hunter have a lighter caliber? I mean a dead deer is still dead even if you kill it with a rock or a boulder right? What's wrong with a 7mm-08 or 25-06. At this point the heaviest caliber I would even consider would be a .270 and I'm getting close to totally ruling that out. Call me what you will but I'm starting to see it as pure logic. I like to shoot. I don't like the shoulder pain. What do you guys think?