i always love using my 30-06, there is such a wide variety of bullets and loads availiable, and luckily my friends and gunsmith have been willing to make up custom loads for it. To be honest for deer i do prefer my mauser (8mm) but unless you relaod you cant get the true potential of the mauser fromt he anemic loads that are found in north america. for an affordable range of bullet loads, i really think 30-06 will serve you well. I also have many other caliber on and not on your list but, 30-06 does allow a versatilitly not found in many others, just my opinion and experience