If I were to go out 'west' after anything, I'd pick up whichever one of my 7x57s, 358s, 30-06s, 308s, etc. that I wanted to hump mountains with for days on end, and say I killed an elk and/or muley with. On the other hand, I probably wouldn't take any of my smaller bores, just on principle. I got over magnum-itis way back. Then again, I do like speaking with some sort of authority, if the critter dictates.
