ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter
Yes, but, this thread is not about "all types of deer and elk." It's about whitetails. As for your "all around gun opinion", I would venture to guess that the .30-06, the .308, the 7mm Rem Mag, and any of the various .300 Mags would fill that bill quite nicely.
Really,, wow a 300 mag is needed for deer .
Of course it's not "needed" for deer. That's not what I said. The thread was about being overgunned for whitetails. I said I didn't buy into the magnum hype, and that I used a .243. You responded that some folks like to use one gun for hunting out west (for deer and elk). I took this as an inference that you didn't mind being "overgunned" for whitetails. You then made a statement that "there is no such thing as the all around gun in my opinion if one were to hunt in all types of terrain andon all types of Deer and Elk." I was simply offering an opinion that there are several cartridges that would work well as an "all-round" round (and left a number of other excellent cartridges off my list).
I really think you didn't read entirely what I wrote and you enjoy arguing if so go for it.
I wasn't trying to "argue"... just offering an opinon.
Maybe I misunderstood what you were saying. If so, sorry...