I wouldn't worry too much about a 243 or 25-06 out in the open country in Wyoming and such, since they can travel a bit and usually not end up in some place of hell. Places like Oregon and similar where they can make one leap and its straight down into a nightmare of timber and so damned steeped you have to tie them up to butcher them to keep them from sliding. But hand me a 243, 25-06, whatever and I am still going elk hunting.
I know there are overlap and everyplace has it's own nightmare though.
Haven't killed an elk or seen many killed yet where a good 270 with a decent bullet wouldn't have done the work.
This exactly. ^
