never without a 30-06 may not hunt with it every year but always have one, current 30-06 is a tang safety Ruger 77 in a Bell & Carlson stock and a 3x9 Leupold, just like Finn Aagard thought was perfect.
Finn spent the last years of his life with the 308 Win. He liked that it kicked less than the 30-06, while doing the same thing.
It doesn’t do the same thing though ... it’s slower
In the real world (on game) it does the same thing... I've used both extensively on a fair bit of game bigger than deer, and have found that to be the case.
And I've heard many times the .300 Savage is just as good on game as the .308 so in essence the .300 Savage=.30-06. And of course that would hold true on all game at all ranges.
