ORIGINAL: game4lunch
Factor this in gents . . . hunting out west is far different than sittin' in a tree stand in Georgia or Indiana. Unbelievably different. We can't bait or use feeders (even game attracting crops), we can't hunt during the rut, we are scouting/hunting/covering 1000's of square miles to your "40 acre woods" . . . just to mention a few.
You have to practice 300+ yard shots in the unlikely event that it is your only "shot" at that prize. No self respecting hunter takes unethical shots.
Well put.
I know both in VA and SC most of the time the humidity and mirage are so bad you can't see 300 yards...even if it is down a gas line or in a bean field. Even so...if you are dialed in 1.5" high at 100, MOST rifles will handle a 300 yard shot with no change in hold. That is of course, your modern bolts...the 30/30s, 44s, 45/70s and what not will have a steeper trajectory. But a .270, 06, 6mm, 7mm, etc...no problem at 300. 400...well....thats another story. I've shot targets out to 600....but my longest shot with a rifle on deer....190....hope it never needs to get any farther!