I think Muley Stalker's initial reply was a good one, though my personal bias is toward the 7mm's. It seems the topic of elk cartridges spawns heated discussion matched only by optics!

In this thread https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...p;amp;sb=5&o=365&fpart=1 the post by Silver Bullet sums up the local vs. visitor issue as well as anything I've seen...

You can no more tell someone how to do something you've never done, than you can come back from somewhere you've never been...