.243, 6mm, .260, and 7-08 are some of the calibers that the young and adult female members of my family have hunted with. Right now the wife has a sweet Savage youth model .243, and my son still hunts with the Rem. model 7 in 7-08 that he had when he was just getting into the deer hunting, except now he bought the full sized stock to replace the short "youth" stock that it came with. These are all good deer killers, and the 7-08 is also a good bear killer!