Ruger M-77 Skeleton stock 270 topped with a VariX II

.25-06 built on a Springfield military (.30-06) action with a walnut stock crafted by my father. 24" barrel. 3.5-10x 40 mm Leupold VariX-III scope. I took my first deer with this. I shoot Hornady Custom ammo using 117 grain soft point boat tail bullets.

My Weatherby Mark V Lazermark in a 300wby

http://www.weatherby.com/_images/products/rifles/_enlarge/m5_lazermark_big.jpg

30-30 has never failed me.

However, if I ever hunt mule deer I will go with my savage 300 win mag.

I don't have one single weapon I will always go to. I consider the conditions I will be hunting, length of shots offered,the weather .... even if i am going to be in a particular blind or walking during a still hunting day.
More often than not I'm carrying a 6.5 X 55 Swede sporter, or a Mauser 98 in .243, or a Savage 110 in 30/06.
When the weather is real nasty i have a swede 6.5 X 55 in a composite stock and a treated paint on finish.

Bowtech Equalizer 50lbs, specs in my sig....

WOW elkhunter! Oregon is very restrictive on which weapon you can use. I didn't truly appreciate how good we have it in Maryland.

/hijack

I have several different rifles that i like to hunt whitetails with, but when serious hunting if afoot my hands always seem to grab old remington 700 in 30-06. It points like a dream and its smooth butter bolt action is fantastic. It would be the last rifle i would part with.

Remington 700 SPS DM chambered in 30-06 equipped with a Leupold VX-I 3-9x40mm, Harris BRM-S 6-9" Bipod w/ Pod-Loc, and a sling.

i have a reminton 243 with open sight it makes hunting more chalenging just the way i like it