With a NY location are you hunting Southern or Northern Tier?
Either way, absolutely no reason to haul around a long action rifle unless you are really in love with the 25-06 or 270. Save yourself a quarter pound (maybe more) and a little length and look real hard at the .308. Lots of rifle choices, ammo sold everywhere, versatile, more than enough gun to well past 250 yds.
I hunt in Northern Tier (Lewis & St Lawrence Counties), and have taken deer from 125 to 215 pounds (field dressed). A nice light short action .308 is what I ended up with - I like 30 calibers and heavier bullets (Kimber Montana .308, Leupold VXII 2X7). But I would have gone with a nice .300 Savage model 99 Savage if I could have found one at the time I was looking for a new rifle!
That last sentence is golden.
