I would never take such a shot without a lot of practicing.

And I can't hunt with a rifle where I am hunting. I have a .270 for some range shooting if I need it. We are in the southern part of michigan where it is a shotgun zone. We can also use muzzleloaders in this zone. I do have a Mossberg 500 rifle barrled shotgun that does pretty good with the Winchester Partition Golds, but I'm not sure that it is capable of 200+. Besides that, you want a longer heavier gun for longer range shooting, which is why the 8 3/4 pounds that I saw on Cabelas site appealed to me, although I just noticed it had a 26" barrel as opposed to a 28" on the Omega.