Sometimes I wonder why some people DON'T actively shoot the 06?
Me too. I think it's because of the .308 lovers out there. They have tried sooooo hard to convince everyone that it's just as good as the '06 (it ain't) that people aren't talking about the '06 as much.
That, and the fact that it's difficult to find an AR style rifle chambered in 30-06.
I did some research awhile back about the effectiveness of the 30-06 on dangerous game. Everything I found said that the '06 is capable of taking every game animal on the planet. Not once anywhere did I find someone saying that the .308 was enough. Probably because it's not.