On deer/antelope/black bear I've had only good results with the 162 Amax.
On elk, I've had both good and not good results. A friend was involved with multiple 162 kills on nice elk this year, and had good performance all around. I probably wouldn't carry them for elk again, but rodeo's can skew you that way.
I think it's one of the better bullets for your described use you could come up with.
