Cofi, get a .308, if you wanna shoot both let me know, I load for both and mostly end up using my .308. For hunting its gonna be all about shot placement, but .308 will get it done! .308 is a little cheaper to load for also, lighter pills, not quit but almost half the powder. I hunted 3 years with a 14lb .300wm and decided enough was enough and am building a 6.5x284 Norma now mostly just to hunt game and bigger critters. Running my Win Mag suppressed brings it down to a .308.