most popular caliber for mule deer and elk

[battle_sight_zero]

308 for me. Love to shoot the 30/30 but areas where I hunt are often 200-400 yard shots. Find it to be excellent for antelopes as well. I have not hunted ELK yet but I am sure it will do its job on them if I need it too. However I did pick up a Sako A7 300WSM for that possibility as well.

[wyzardd]

I used .30-30 for years, with a scoped Remington in .257 Roberts for those rare occasions I wasn't hunting in bush. But a decade or so ago I started worrying about damaging my grandfathers old mdl 94. I'm not exactly the most coordinated individual, some may say, so I got me a Remington 700 in .308 for antelope, deer, & elk. A few years later I picked up a Ruger No1 in .300 WinMag (because with that indestructible action .257 Roberts seemed tiny. Not because .257 is underpowered for game) but that's pretty much elk only.

I haven't drawn a deer tag in a while, used to be I'd get a deer license by default and hope to draw a good elk tag. CWD thinning out our muleys? I've also heard those damn whitetails are invading... I don't know, but I sure miss venison.