I had 3 gun/caliber options depending on situation. In my woods stand from first light to late-mid afternoon, although not a rifle, but rifle caliber, T/C Contender G2 35 Remington Super14. As the sun starts to get lower It causes a glare off the lens of the scope so I switched to a Winchester Ranger 30-30 I recently acquired.
From my field blind with the possibility of 300+ yard shots a reality, I switched to a Remington 700 in 7MM Remington Magnum. Very Light weight synthetic ( styrofoam, and fiberglass) stock, muzzle break, Decellerator pad, and very well done liight trigger.
Unfortunatly with the deer herd is down in our hunting area due to Bluetoungue disease last year I didn't get a chance at a buck I wanted.
The 7Mag would be fine for anywhere, and has proven so mamy times, but after getting the 'tender a couple years ago, and the thudy-thudy this year I really wanted to give them a try.