I live and mostly hunt in Saskatchewan. Whitetail, Mule deer, Elk, Moose, Black bear, sometimes Pronghorn. I use different rifles and cartridges depending on the terrain and species, everything from thick bush and bears to open plains pronghorns. I could do it all with my Sako .308, as I did years ago. But I prefer to specialize. So I use a variety of rifles / cartridges. Picking favourite for each would look something like this:
Mule deer - 7x64 Sako m85 Bavarian/ 2-10x Zeiss,
Whitetail deer .308 Sako L579 / Zeiss 2-12x,
Moose 30-06 Brno ZKK 600/ Kahles 2-7x,
Elk 9.3x62 Verney Carron Impact Plus/ Docter 1-6x
Bear 9.3x74R Beretta Silver Sable O/U Express/ S&B 1.5-8x
Pronghorn 25-06 Sako Finnbear AV/ Leupold 3.5-10x
But other rifles sometimes jump in front of the line. This fall I shot both whitetail and moose with a Krieghoff Hubertus single shot in .30R Blaser, mounted with a Swarovski 3-10. The elk was with my Sako 7x64.
Last edited by castnblast; 12/26/21.
