Sooner, GREAT post! I love & practice long range shooting. I live in Pa. & some (not all) hunters around here have the mentality that all your going to get is an 80-100 yard shot. Well I don't hunt thickets, I hunt wide open fields,I also shoot a 7mm & have been told that it is "overkill". Dead is dead weather it's a mag or punkin' ball. I love & prefer my style of hunting & wouldn't trade it for anything. I've taught my sons the art of long range shooting in case the oppertunity for a long shot should uccur while theyr'e huting. Once again GREAT POST!!!