OK, throw them all out and keep just one for all of NA, including areas I am likely never going to hunt?

The .30-06 Ruger MKII on the right would do nicely. It now sports a 3-9x scope instead of the 4.5-14x in the picture. (The others are a semi-custom Ruger MKII .338WM on the left and a MKII .300WM in the center.)

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For my hunting (Colorado and Wyoming), the tanger Ruger M77 in 7mm RM on the left was my only big game bolt rifle for over 20 years and would still be a very good choice.

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Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!

No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.

A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.