DPhillips,

Do you recall a story from Tanzania last season about Bob Fontana? Mr. Fontana was hunting kudu with a 30-06. A buffalo charged him unprovoked from behind a bush, instantly killing Mr. Fontana. In that instance, there was no time for anyone to shoot. But assuming there had been 3 or 4 seconds warning, most of us would prefer to be holding a .375 or bigger instead of a 30-06. The same goes when hunting plains game in an area with a lot of elephants especially cows. Of course it is not necessary everywhere. In most of RSA and Namib you can hunt PG without ever seeing any DG.