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My vote would be for a .30-30 or .35 Remington in a Marlin 336. Or perhaps you could go for a Savage 99, in say .300 Savage. Hunting in our N.C. mountains is similar to hunting in the Northeast, and the Marlin 336 is my go to rifle for this type of hunting. Heck, once in a while I use it to hunt a field in the Piedmont area of the state and stretch it out a bit.