RE: get 2 guns or one to do it all
I had a similar dilema too myself. I wanted to get a deer rifle, plus wanted to elk hunt sometime in the future, even wanted to do some varmint hunting myself. Ended up getting a 300 win mag for deer up to elk or whatever, plus plan on getting a 22-250 for varmints so I don't blow them up quite as much as the 300 mag.