i have all three of the cartridges mentioned above , and i' de pick the .308 , for woods hunting and dense cover it' s available in more compact rifles than the other two are , and can do just about the same as the others can do in the dense cover performance wise as well , i' ve got two .308' s , a remington 760 gamesmaster , and a winchester model 88. two very slick handling rifles and accurate too