Well, at least you haven't lost your sense of humor! If you're having visions of armed people in their underwear, we might want to get you a referral to someone, though?

I'm not too familiar with folks here going "bigger" on deer, then saying "smaller" on elk. I've often been on the receiving end of a bashing though when I say things like, "a .243 is a great deer cartridge." Or, "a .30-06 will take any game on the continent." No, I'm not glued to either one of them. Yes, I own both. I'll often use a .30-06 for deer. I sometimes carry a .375 for elk. Just depends. Some days I just take a camera (oh geez, now I'm in for it).

Sometimes I just wish we could focus on something besides judging each other based on"gear."