Similarly getting older, I'm really loving my Savage Light Weight Hunter with only a 20" barrel in 6.5mm Creedmoor! Handy in a box blind, LIGHT WEIGHT and easy to hit the gong at 350 yards.
Although the Creedmoor was born in long range target game, there are plenty of hunting appropriate bullets to choose from (much more so than what I was leaning towards in 7mm-08).