For deer and antelope (Oregon & Wyoming) I just stick to the 6.5CM these days. I can shoot em with a bunch of other stuff, but the Kimber/CM combo is just the right amount of everything I need.
Elk - that's a can of worms anymore. If I hunt eastern Oregon it almost always with a bow. I have some really awesome land here in southern Oregon that I'm able to hunt with a damage tag and any weapon I choose. That may be my .270 or 7mm-08, but will probably be the CM again. I've shot enough of them with it now to have complete confidence in it.
Bullets are usually Hornady 129 IL, but in 2021 I shot both deer and elk with the Sierra 140gr BTSP and will be again this season.
BT53 "Where do they find young men like this?" Reporter Savidge, Iraq Elk, it's what's for dinner....
