Most of my whitetail hunting is in the open country of the west.. I use my .25-06 or .270 quite a bit.. When hunting for really trophy bucks or on a special stand I have in the east, I use a .300.. The only rifle I ever built for hunting whitetails is a 21" barreled 7mm-08. Used it on my last two whitetailed deer.. I am thinking of putting a .300 Savage barrel on a 700 action for future whitetail hunts at short range.. If I were selecting a rifle for only whitetail hunting on the east coast, except for selected long range shots, I would buy a Rem. slide action in .30-06...
