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.
Or not... Laffin'....
What if's, what if's, what if's, what if it's Tuesday in Italy with a fast approaching F4 tornado coming in from your left, the deer is running a 17mph straight away, the batteries on your range finder are shot and a rattlesnake has latched onto your leg.
