I like my 7MAG. It was a hand me down from my old man, so it's not like I wnet out and chose to go big. Part of it is a macho thing, I suppose, but I can comfortably take this bad boy elk hunting, so it's versitile. And it knocks the snot out of whitetails.

Year before last, a guy I hunt with shot a buck with a .25-06 and caught the shot on video. Looked like a perfect lung shot and there was blood everywhere. We tracked that son of a gun for hours and never found him. The trail went about 500 yds and just ended. There were 5 of us tracking too! That is proabably an isolated incident, but right or wrong, I ain't taking no chances. If the Hammer comes out, there's something gonna die.

As far as hogs go, you never know if a monster boar is going to come to your stand where I hunt. I've seen a 300lb boar take .300 WINMAG with mild discomfort. Their skulls are like iron(like mine, my wife says)