Seven is a good number to have! I hunted over 20 years without one and in 1988 I started craving one so I got a M70 XTR Featherweight barreled action. Fiberglass stocks was being highly promoted so I dropped it into a Bell & Carlson. That fall I killed my first and best bull elk and best w/t buck along with coyotes and such. I guess some would think that was boring but, I think it's dependable. How does it go: "There's not much a man can't fix with 700 dollars and a .30'06".

Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths.
"there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser"
"the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"