I use a 270 and wife hunts everything with a 30/06. Sometimes I use her rifle.

I have several to choose from, but most of the deer I have taken have been with my trusty 30-30. I got it for Christmas in 1980 and it remains my go to for hunts where shots are likely to be within 150 yards. When longer shots are anticipated, 308, but recently purchased a 25-06 and have a feeling it will become my preference. When more likely to see hogs, .223.

I rotate between 5 or 6 rifles. Kinda depends on my mood.

I have cut way back on the number of guns I hunt with, this year just the 357 Mag, 44 Mag, 38-55, 6.5 Grendel and 7-30 Waters. I do not hunt much where shots over 125 yards are possible these days. IIRC over the years I have harvested deer with 33 different rifle or handgun chamberings.

DQ, its not a Featherweight, but the rest is correct.

I switch off during the season.

I have shot a 30.06 since I got one for christmas when I was 15.

I just bought a 300 Win Mag, i am excited to have the flexibility with range and loads that it provides.

I learned to shoot on a 22LR rifle with iron sights in the late '50's & early '60's , and chased mostly vermin with my crippled up Grandfather, who had had a Dallas Fire Engine loose it's brakes and pin him to the back wall of his Fire Station, crushing one of his legs. After that I started to go with him to drive for him, when he started buying and selling land out around Weatherford & some of the surrounding County's, and it became "my job" to put meat in the pot for dinner.

After I announced my wedding plans he "gave" me a half of a SAKO 243, that I had to pay the 2nd half on when his Payee could not keep up the Payments on his Loan from Grand Pop....and Pop was too bad out of condition any more to go back to Alaska to Hunt Caribou every year, hunting out of a eskimo dog sled but with the old '03 A3 30'06 I'd picked up lack of dependable accuracy I was not invited as I was still making payments on it to a Pawn Shop on Harry HInes in Dallas and it would not reliably hit the "broad side of the barn at 50 feet", and sold it to finish the payments on the SAKO so I was without a big enough caliber rifle for Caribou ....little did I know much of anything about guns in general at 21 years old. Long Story Short ... the 243 SAKO also taught me how to reload using a $10 Lee Loader Kit on the dining room table of that 1st Apartment, across the street from the 1st Dallas Police Range.

Since then I have repped both a large Wholesale House in too many shooting items to tell ya'll about & repped SAKO in 5 states. Was offered Gloch for a line in 5 Old South states about 10+ years ago, and passed when the President of the Line could not guarantee my orders would be fulfilled more than 25-30% for the coming couple years until they could get the new plant in Atlanta off the ground....'cause I was making good $'s selling "fancy bath towels" and in every Dillards in the US every 90 days & same gig in Foley's, and all the chains in Ohio and Midwest, Old South & Mtn West yadda yadda

Sure looks like I made a bad mistake there but I had 2 son's in College that came 1st. Been having Daydreams of getting back in the Bidnizz in my old age...gonna turn 90 in a couple years and except for fighting the Shingles these last 2 years my overall health is capable of running around 4-5 states again ...but all my old Big Chain contacts are no longer there....ETC, and worked Shows in the other 2 Wholesale locations in Denver & Ellett Bro's in Chapin, SC with their 125 Phone Sales Reps. I sold Walmart more stuff that I made decent $'s off of and several other mega hitter's that used to pay my Overhead Bill's, ....But ....Now that both Son's are On Their Own and Daddy's checkbook is ALL Mine Again....hmmmm mebbe I can find something again and keep the Better Half from handing me a Honey Do this and Do that sheet.

Best "trip" I ever made was when I won a Holiday Inn trip good for any where in the world, with 10 days Free Lodging & Round Trip Air Fare Booked it and and started seeing the sights in England ...and SAKO paid for rest the trip to Finland & a Moose Hunt...and I got to shoot Proof Rifle's for an hour+ in the 100 meter underground range. Oh to be under 50 years old again ...

In answer to the title of this thread...I hunt with what ever rifle I have ready to go that shoots the most accurately, and uses ammo big enough to reliably anchor the chosen game critter.
Ron

I carry the same #1 rifle almost every day.

A few days a year I use #2 for a special purpose and #3 for a different special purpose.

I rotate a bit between 270, 308 and 6.5 PRC. They're all different in their own ways, some have better scopes, the 308 can support a suppressor. Just sort of whatever mood I'm in or hunt situation. The 6.5 PRC can poke at a pretty solid range so if I'm in a stand with a lot of open country views it'd be the choice.

I'll admit I'm a gear guy so I think it's fun to mix it up -- also nice in that I can get different rounds and inevitably ALWAYS have some for one of them.

I have multiple guns I’ll hunt with during a single season. They all do the job as long as I do my part.

I'd like to switch it up, but every time I go to the safe that dang .308 Tikka jumps into my hands. I bought it off a forum member on here in 2010 or so.

I carry my 16" suppressed 308 Win as my primary rifle for basic hunting. When we switch to thermal night hunting, I'll run either my 224 Valkrie or currently, my 300 Blk Out. I'll use a 300 Win Mag or for ELR, my 7mm-300 WM for out to 1 mile.

I started hunting with a .280 and got a 7mm-08 for my kids to learn on when they were large enough..... and it became my go to rifle. The .280 hasn't been out in a long time.

7mm Rem Mag - Drops 'em

This year hunter with 30-06, 270, 7mm08, 300 wby and 300 BO

Normally I take my Winchester featherweight 270. When I'm going specifically looking for a doe, I'll carry the 243 featherweight. There are others, but these two are my go-to deer rifles.

I killed three deer this year, all with a 6.5 CM. Last year I killed 8 deer, 4 each with a 6.5 CM and a 6.8 SPC. I have three other deer calibers in the safe.

I sometimes use 4 different rifles in one weekend. The gun is a big part of the experience for me. I have a good number of them and enjoy using them, even if "using" is just toting it to the blind and back.

.223 Wylde serves me well for these "monster" white tails we have around CenTex.
Everybody and their cousin is moving to the country and feeding them in the front yard so it takes about as much skill as hunting cows.
Don't even need optics to shoot them in the yard.
Surely don't need a magnum anything since they generally just stand there and look at you.
Don't need a call, just a coffee can with some corn in it to shake and they will come running, looking for the corn - take your pick.

That's how it is here, it's just too easy.....YMMV.

Mostly 30-06 but on occasion 22-250 and 243

Whitetail is 308 Win... in Texas. This may become something less.
Whitetail is 45-70 Gov... in other states where bottleneck cartridges are not legal. This may become a 350 Legend.

Last year deer hunted with three.....7mm-08, 6.5 CM, and .308. Typically only kill one deer per year.

For decades I used my faithful 30-06 but a few years ago I bought a Savage Axis 25-06 on sale and it is a tack driver right out of the box. I have been using it for several years until I fill my big buck tag, then I switch to my 7.62x39 AR for pigs and/or spike and doe....