As far as recoil goes I've found a 243 Win. or 250 Savage with an appropriate bullet to be very good. If you must have more juice than that to feel comfortable a 260 Rem / 6.5 Creedmoor / 7mm08 with a 120 grain bullet is very good. A 24" barrel will moderate noise on all of them.
I think this is spot on for deer/hogs. Went down from a .30-06 to .243 a couple years ago and couldn’t be happier. Deer have been just as dead and watching the impact in the scope sure is nice.
