Horses for courses. Our terrain here is totally different than Dave's and the calibers represented in our group were 6mm Rem,.260ai, 270Win, and 308....all with big glass, mostly 3x9 variable or larger. Shortest deer shot was 165 yards, longest ran to 425 or so.

Here's a typical setup for us. 215 yards to the ditch, 465 to the plum thicket in the far corner.