Heck, I don't even like taking a 100 yard shot. LOL

Things will change now, I've got a bigger scope, better bullets, etc... but I shoot with a muzzleloader, and if I shot more than 150 yards, I'd have to be shooting across two other landowner's land... not an option for me. If I were going out West for larger game on the open range, I'd buy me a gun that could handle 250 and I'd practice my little toosh off until I was 100% confident in taking it. I don't think I would even *consider* a shot over 250, even if I practiced at 300 or even 400. My vision isn't that good and I just wouldn't take the chance of not being able to pinpoint the exact spot I shot the deer trying to pick up a trail.

If you hunt an area that accomodates long shots, you have the proper equipment, and you can't get any closer, good for you. I have no problems with someone ELSE doing it, it just isn't for me.