I had a minivan I used for coon hunting when I was in high school, it wasn’t governed and over a 6mile stretch of flat road, it could get up over 140mph, faster top speed than most domestic “sports cars” on the street at the time, AND faster than the 120mph governed highway patrol Corvettes, let alone their normal interceptors - which made for some interesting, semi-sanctioned speeeding events among me and my buddies patrolman dads. On a rolling start, the patrol cars couldn’t catch that van. The van was fast, and remarkably stable at speed.
Of course, it needed 5-6 miles of flat, straight road to get up to speed... It was fast and fun, almost as fun as my Ducati 999 or my ‘69 Nova I rebadged like an SS Chevelle, and stuck a 383 under the hood...
That’s kinda what running a .30-06 for long range hunting is like. If you have it, it can work and be very rewarding. A Ruger M77 MkII .30-06 was my first long range hunting rifle, and I took lots of coyotes, deer, and antelope last 600yrds with it. Until I built a 32” 300RUM and a 7-300. Then I rebarreled another .30-06 to 6.5 A-square...
My van worked great for sowing wild oats as a kid, honestly just as well as my more appropriate speed machines, just like my .30-06 worked well enough for long range hunting... but it’s painfully obvious that ugh better options exist, and IF YOU ARE BUYING SOMETHING NEW TO YOU, THE .30-06 IS NOT THE PLACE TO START.