While I think any of the calibers listed would do just fine in the role of general field/hunting/hiking/etc. use, a .41 Magnum, .44-40, and to a lesser extent, .44 Special and .45 Colt will fill that role with a bit more style and panache. Here is my highly opinionated tongue-in-cheek opinion, with electrolytes...
.357 Sig: Just a 9mm on steroids pretending to be a tactical hi-cap .357. Kinda the mall ninja of the ammo world. Unless you are a Texas DPS trooper, in which case .357 Sig is a fine choice. Just please don't give me a ticket, ok officer?
.357 Mag: A fine choice, except everyone and his idiot brother Daryl has one
.40 S&W: A 10mm for the limp-wristed. Such delicate flowers should be in hothouses, not in the woods.
10MM: Cool caliber, but it's cultish following have made its adherents kind of the moonies of the shooting community. .41 Mag people love the 10mm because when others look askance at us, we can point to the 10mm cultists and say: "Hey, at least we aren't
those guys!"
.41 Mag: For those who choose the road less travelled, those who dare to ignore the bleating of the herd, there is the thinking man's magnum.
.45 ACP: Fat and slow is not good in the wilderness...
.44 Special: Excellent choice when hand-loaded, has that vintage Elmer Keith goodness.
.44 Mag: Good choice with the same drawbacks as the .357, but with added Dirty Harry groupies.
.44-40: Vintage cool. I mean, this is John Wayne's personal choice fer cryin' out loud!
.45 Long Colt: Classic. What more need be said?
.454 Casull: Just a .45 Colt with low self-esteem and anger issues.
.475 Linebaugh: VERY cool, but I can't afford one, which makes me cranky and unreasonable.
.480 Ruger: A .475 Linebaugh for the same group of girly-men who can't handle the 10mm.
.500 S&W: A superb choice if you are in rogue elephant or velociraptor territory. Otherwise, it is a bit of overkill, not to mention it's heavy. And please don't get anyone started on the whole internal lock thing...