"How about describing yourself and lavish shooting habits. We all have them"

I should have done that before-About all I shoot are common shotguns and rifles(stuff with ammo available at most stores-12 ga, .22, 30-30, 30/06 and such), and reload for .45 auto and .357 magnum, but still interested in the "big stuff". Found the forum through an info search about the .700 NE, lurked for quite a while and after a hunting discussion in one of the other boards here decided to finally register.
As far as hunting goes, I hunt most "food" species in Iowa(deer, waterfowl, upland and a bit of turkey) and dream of an elk hunt-again more for the experience and the possibility of a lot of meat than for the trophy but a set of 4-5 foot antlers would look great on the wall. Cape buffalo would be great at some point but likely not for several years. I know, African hunts aren't getting any cheaper but it takes a lot more money than I have now to get there-but we all need dreams or we don't have anything to look forward to.
Thanks for the welcome, looks like a great board so far and not as many arguments as on some other boards I go to.