My first thought was the 30-30 too. Back in the day there were also quite a few 32 Specials being carried in my neck of the woods.
Now that deer have become "tougher" the 30-06 & 270 (yes, we have a couple Rainbow Warriors) fill up the gun racks in our camp.

Wag more, bark less.

The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.

The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.