I have never done a poll, so hope this works.
I'm sure you are right about the 22lr but when I was voting and typing my response it was a 10-22 up there. I didn't want to catch heck for voting for that.I was thinking about all the youths shooting rifles and hunting or not huntin with them and what they would have.
Every kid I knew had a .22.
As an adult in deer camp it was a mix 8 mausers. 30/30 .308, 30-06 , 7 mag and 7 mauser.
I would say 50% owned a 30-30 but 100% of them owned some kind of .22 rifle.
Gill gun or model 60.