I just went elk hunting yesterday; my hunting partner was the shooter, and had an old Remington 600 in 308 with 150gr core-lokts. 1 shot did the trick at about 200yds on a cow. Granted, I would rather use a more premium bullet on elk myself, but as far as hunting goes you can usually get plenty close to make the kill without much gun. Just use good bullets. The ol' 30-06 can handle about anything. I'm sure you won't be wishing for more gun in the hunting world.