If you use any common sense it is hard to pick a bad bullet today and after that the three most important considerations are bullet placement, bullet placement and bullet placement.

A few years ago I had two ranching brothers from Colorado hunt brown bears with me. One brought his favorite 7mm Rem Mag and the other a 270 Win with 150 Nosler partitions.
The one with the 7 mag punched a single round clear through a big boar just behind the front shoulder for a one round kill and his brother place two quick hits in the same place with his 270 on this boar for a DRT kill.

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And the comment about possibly not being able to make your preferred shot can be true but on any game, especially dangerous game, you still need to be able correctly place your bullet in a vital area --- Or wait until you can.

Phil Shoemaker
Alaska Master Guide,
Alaska Hunter Ed Instructor
FAA Master pilot
www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com

Anyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.