I also vote for a traditional rifle:
This is my Hawkens Carbine. 21" barrel with a 1 in 66" twist rate barrel in .50 cal. and shoots Patched Round Balls (PRB).
I also have another Hawkens that has a 20" barrel and is great to hump in the woods. It is a .54 cal. with a 1 in 24" twist barrel that loves sabots and conicals. I have taken many deer with it. I am in the process of mounting a Malcolm style 3x scope (Leatherman) on it. These guns are great to hunt the woods of Virginia which are very thick. The 3x should be just right for my purposes.