It's so obvious that a '06 is a superior all-conditions deer rifle to a .223 that I can say so even never having used one for deer.
So can everyone else with a brain. And they have. Buck of a lifetime is 400 yards away, 10 mph crosswind, quartering away, its the evening of the last day of a hunt you care about, and by some miracle you got a .223 and a 30-06 to choose from, you know damn well which rifle you'd choose... As you said earlier, you'd go 30-06.
Put down your superiority complex for a minute and admit it. Show yourself to be more of an adult than we all think you are.
