What's your opinion on the optimum caliber for Hawaii Game ?

Pig, Goat, Sheep, Axis Deer.

30-06/308
270
7mm-08
260 Rem
243 Win.
30/30
Other

.338 LM?

270 seems to be popular here, one of the most popular around.  Everyone got a rifle in this caliber
The old timers like to shoot 30-06
30/30 is a bit slow to shoot at running game here but makes a great bush gun, small and very compact.
A few guys here use bolt action .223, but they say you need to track the animal afterwards.
A few shoot 308 as well, but its not the most popular. 

I would personally go with a 30-06 or .270 or whatever you can find thats the cheapest and ammo is the cheapest.

This is just based on my experience here and talking/meeting new people daily.

7.62x39

Inexpensive and very accurate out to 250 yards.

What's your opinion on the optimum caliber for Hawaii Game ?

Pig, Goat, Sheep, Axis Deer.

30-06/308
270
7mm-08
260 Rem
243 Win.
30/30
Other

i voted "other"
you know the answer jeff, it's "just gongho!"

Yeah I like my 338lm it stops anything at any distance. It really depends on my hunting location. 308 is my better all around rifle tho

.308

Probably your most practical caliber to use for hunting in the state.  Tho hunting areas are becoming more scarce.

How dare you lump .308 and .30-06 as the same choice!

6.8 spc  or 7.62x39  both out of semi action

Love my hunting with my .308. for "Da Wild Boar".  Maybe because I have only hunted with a .30-30 & .308.  But I also seen (on T.V) hunting hogs with a .223 MSR and having to track them 150-200 yards later seems to be senseless.  I can see if you are a accurate "head-shot" shooter, then use the .223.  We all know that caliber, bullet-type & shot placement is important.  I don't reload so I rely on factory ammo.  I'd spend the money on good hunting rounds... after all you may just have that one shot and that one shot is all that matters. Just my opinion... 

Yup my 308 bolt with some federal 175gr gold . Very accurate with enough stopping power . From 700 yards out you still stop a deer in it's track  with good placment . I know it could probably do farther but I'm not in it to wound an animal and let it waste .

How dare you lump .308 and .30-06 as the same choice!

My bad Tom G, you classicist.
I just figured ballistics and bullet size are similar.

Forgot to add 7.62x39 cause I thought only communists, terrorists, and third world guerillas used that caliber. 
(Just joking for those monitoring the site )

338LM seems excessive for Hawaii game ( with the exception being 338kid who actually takes succesful 700 yard shots )

I thought 223 might be a little small.

Anyone tried or hunted with someone who used 243 Win. ? Results ?

Other Category is a close second.  I would think the following are common choices.

.280
.7mm
.300 Win mag
and all the other short mags

The classic 30-30 should drop most game in Hawaii and even north America.   Mine has taken deer, bear, sheep and pig.  I didn't shoot the game its a family gun

I rock a bolt action .270 and it does the job just fine. Only hit pigs and cattle with it so far though..... went hunting for some sheep up mauna kea today but got skunked

I've talked to surprising number of guys who shoot 7mm mag out here and swear by it. Anyone have experience? Seems like overkill

Curious what are all the Other votes ?

Guessing the magnums.

Oh, and Q's 7.62x54R mosin caliber. 

bro come down one day and we can go hunt!!!

Curious what are all the Other votes ?

Guessing the magnums.

Oh, and Q's 7.62x54R mosin caliber. 

7.62x39

300 yards and in, I guarantee a kill shot.

I've talked to surprising number of guys who shoot 7mm mag out here and swear by it. Anyone have experience? Seems like overkill

My first choice in a hunting caliber was 7mm Remington Magnum.  Shoots flat, hits hard and dead is dead--no such thing as overkill unless you're blowing apart gophers with a .300 (when a .223 will do).

A Nosler Partition blew a grapefruit-sized hole in my first deer--with a foot or two of intestines hanging out of the wound (the shot angled in from the front left shoulder out the right midsection).  Knocked her down to the ground where she stood.  The second shot missed and the third in the neck did the job.  I lost a fair amount of meat from bullet damage but the hams and backstraps were fine eating!

Now my other rifle is a .270 and it's way easier on the shoulder than the 7mm and from my friends' experiences, just as effective.  If I were to go hunting again, I'd probably take the .270.