Originally Posted by Dancing Bear
Your propsal sounds great.

I used a Savage 99E chambered for .308 Win in that role for ten years or so. You could do worse. I took coyotes, grouse, porcupines, deer and elk with it. The local gun stor has two of them for $299 apiece.

A Savage 99 in .308 would fill that role well indeed. Wow, $299. I never see deals like that. I guess a guy has to live up north to find them. I do have a Savage 99C .308, but I've yet to hunt with it.