2dogs, I used to carry two rifles with me so I could do what you do. Now I am old and fat and just carry the one that will do it all. I do carry my Contender in my pack 100% of the time, and shoot it almost exclusively out to 200 yards or so, if I have enough light to see through the scope.
I don't hunt bean fields, I hunt woods. That 7mm short mag is a elk killer. I did take it to a plot one PM , shot a doe behind the ear, just about cut her head clean off. The "Bush Hog" might have left a larger piece of skin attached.
