Down here in Louisiana these days you see a ton of single shot 35 Whelens (usually CVA's or Encore's) among the public land hunters because they can be used for both "primitive weapons" and rifle season. When they originally allowed single shot breach loaders, 45-70's and 444 Marlin's were very popular but the average hunter now is usually going with the 35W after the regs were expanded to allow 35 caliber and larger.
Yep, I hunt in SW MS and use mostly a CVA 444 Marlin, though I will use a 270 Win for those few areas where shots might exceed 150 yards. My buddy uses a 30-06 and his wife is deadly with her 243. The vast majority of out shots are within 100 yards.
