Draw a line in east to west on the upper 1/3 of the state. You'll not get many light colored horns in that region. Lot's of Tag Alders and spruce/pines they rub on.
The only one that will really show you any gains in FPS over what you have now is the 300 RUM. If you just want a different rifle I'd get the 300 PRC or a 30-06.
Pretty much what they do in their home state too.
I've called the warden 2 times to where we hunt just so we didn't get pinned since we were out of staters. That said, MN is not much better.
We hunt public land in northern WI that gets moderate hunting pressure. But I think we are about the only stand sitters in the area. Almost everyone else does drives. We don't get a lot of deer in the area to make it past 3.5 years old. Hell, most don't make it to 2.5.
That said, I run 4-6...
It won't hurt anything but you probably won't need them. Can you run them on your SUV?
Only 1 time I thought I might be in a pickle was when I went down a valley and it was all ice because it didn't much sun. Getting out was sporty but I did it in 4wd..
I already offered you advise. You’d have been ahead of you took it.
Did you only want answers that agree with you?
If you have all the answers why did you ask?