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Northern NY deer, black bear, for years it was a Remington 700 in 270 and a couple years ago changed over to winchester 70 270wsm for sitting. When still hunting I use my short barreled model 7 6mm rem. loaded with 90gr accubonds.

I have now needed to quit hunting. I finished up my northern Ontario moose hunting using a Remington 700 .338 with 225 grain Partitions. Deer hunting in southern Ontario in the shotgun zone I used a 12 gauge with handloaded, home cast 525 grain slugs. In the rifle zone I killed my last deer with my Sako M85 Finnlight in 30-06 handloaded with reduced load 170 Hornady FN bullet.

Many other rifles and loads were used over the years, all of which I was happy with.

Jim

Wyoming hunting is mainly using my 300wsm or my 270 wsm for elk, mule deer, whitetails, pronghorn, cow bison and shiras moose so far.
I take my 300wsm or a lever action down to Texas for hogs and maybe a whitetail doe. 41 mag on the Henry lever gun for hogs.

I hunt deer, antelope, hogs, turkeys, predators and varmints in Texas and Wyoming. I haven’t used anything other than a .223 or 22-250 for many years.

Western Wa but mainly hunt open AG fields on the east side of the state. My main deer rifle is a 6.5 saum and 140 Berger’s or 147 eld-m’s. Recently working up a new 300 Norma Improved with 230 Berger OTM’s as a packable big rifle. For elk and bears in the open where I don’t have to carry it far I use a 338 edge with 300 bergers. For tight country on the west side it’s usually my 300 wsm and 155 scenars or partitions but shots are rarely over 300 yds.

se arkansas. most use bolt action 270win, 30-06, 243, or 7mm rem mag. some 6.5 creedmoor shooters but is suspect they'll sell them as soon as the long range craze subsides. this is farm country, so unless you're shooting across a bean field most shots are 40-60 yards in the woods. rarely see any lever actions and it's been 30 years since i've seen a 740 or 742 jam-o-matic.

For my moose hunting, in my normal area in Alaska:
I use stainless and synthetic rifles. Normally Ruger rifles in 338 Winchester, 375 Ruger, 416 Ruger. If not the Rugers, M70 stainless in 338 Winchester, 375 H&H, 416 Ruger.
Bullets:
338 = Barnes 225 grain TSX
375 = 270 grain TSX
416 = 350 grain TSX

My usual is a Ruger stainless in either 375 or 416 Ruger. My shots are normally pretty close.
Winchester M70 stainless in 338 Winchester, 375 H&H, 416 Remington are also options in rifles. But, normally it is the Rugers.

I have the urge to try a Kimber Montana in 325 WSM, 200 grain TSX.

If I had to choose one for varied terrain and pretty much any game animal, I would pick my old Ruger Mark II stainless with 210 /225 grain TTSX. I have lots of faith in the rifle and those bullets.

I live and hunt in North Arkansas. Most of the older people hunt with 270s and.30-06 Wood stock rifles they bought when they were young. Younger ones hunt with smaller short action guns mostly cheaper line plastic stock throw away rifles with cheap scopes.

Here in NH I see too many wayyyyyy over gunned with magnums…

22 “Magnums”? memtb

I hunt southern Iowa where it's any old shotgun and the cheapest slug they had at Walmart. Most deer have 3-5 holes in them before they go down. I use a 350 legend but it's a bolt which isn't ideal on drives. Probably switch to a shotgun with red dot for next year. I travel to rifle hunt every year. I use a cheap 270 bolt for that because that's what I have. I always tell myself that I am going to buy something nice but I have not done so. All I ever see are bolt guns when I travel.

The Remington 742 and 760 in .30-06 along with lever .30-30s used to be the rifles of choice here. Now bolt guns predominate with .30-06, and .270W predominating. The WW-2 generation wanted semi-auto and deer hunting was done with dogs mostly. Lots of deer hunters used shotguns and buckshot. Buckshot is a terribly deficient choice for deer past about 25-30 yards.

Central Ohio. Used to use a 12 gauge for deer. Now I use an AR-15 350 Legend, Marlin 45-70, or Remlin 1894 .44 magnum. I have a Ruger .44 carbine that I haven't hunted with yet, but plan to. I always hunted groundhogs in the summer with my Remington 788 .243. Seems like there aren't as many groundhogs as there used to be. I think the flourishing coyote population is thinning them out.

Ron

When hunting elk in Colorado and when hunting anything in Alaska, I use a T/C Icon Weathershield 30-06 with 180 grain Nosler partitions.

When hunting deer or antelope in Colorado and when hunting Coues deer in Arizona, I use a T/C Venture with 117 grain Sierra Game Kings.

When hunting prairie dogs at close range, in Colorado I use a Savage 93 with .22 mag boolits. Slightly quieter so maybe doesn't scare the survivors away.
When hunting prairie dogs or coyotes at longer ranges I use a T/C Icon Precision Hunter .223 with 55 grain Ballistic Tips.

I do moose most every year in eastern Canada with one of my 338RCMs current loads are 210NP in one and 210TTSX in other. I haven't elk hunted in a few years now but the elk gun is a 300wsm/168TTSX. For bear from a stand or hunting on the ground in the ADKs for deer, a 358win current load is 200gNF. For deer from a stand in Western NY 250AI/100g NBT.
There are few others that get thrown into the mix, mostly for deer.

Open sage brush country here in Nevada and where I hunt in Montana and Idaho are pretty open country. I hunt mostly Mule deer, Elk and Antelope . I shot a 6.5 Creed and a 6.5 X 55 along with a .243 Win for a few years, but am back to shooting the 270 Win for everything. I still use the .243 for coyotes and a truck gun. Most of my hunting buddies shoot the tried and true 30 06. The 6.5's worked but at the ranges I shoot the .270 is just more gun! In my youth a packed a heavy Ruger 77 in .338 but found my Winchester FWT .270 did just as good on the Elk. 270 or 30 06 toss up. I like the way a Kimber carries but I don't shoot a light rifle very well.

I'm in north central Louisiana, hunting deer and hogs. I have three main hunting scenarios:

1. Open pastures or long pipeline right of ways. This generally gets a magnum-weight bolt action sporter, but I've gotten by with stuff like the 7mm-08, .308, .260 etc.
2. Medium range locations with cut lanes or logging roads, distances out to 250yds or so. This generally gets the short-action standard rounds in a bolt action sporter or AR10.
3. Short range spots in the woods where 100yds is far. This often gets a light bolt action carbine, a lever gun, or AR10.

Northern Maine although I also hunt the central part of the state. Deer, black bear, and moose if we draw a permit.

Most of the time a bolt action 308 but I also carry a lever in 35 Remington or a pump carbine (30-06) when still hunting or tracking.

Lever guns are the best in the woods where I hunt. I shoot a 35-30 wildcat and 38-55. I used to have a 45-70, but my neck problems won out. I just couldn't make myself load them mild. I turned to a "mini 45-70", the 38-55, and it has plenty thump for my needs. If I am going to hunt where there are possible longer shots, I have rifles for that, too. No 300-400 yard shot around here.

Texas Hill Country.
Deer, hogs, misc exotics.
Short action rifle in any cartridge with a reputable bullet will kill them all.
I use 260/308/7-08/6.5CM. The difference for me is the optic. If I’m hunting the big open spaces, I’ve got scope with 15-16x top end.
For tighter cover under 200 yards or in the trees, It’s a 2.5-10 or similar.