Nomercy

I don' t see anything wrong with taking responsible long range shots. There are a lot of avid hunters that are also BR shooters or that simply shoot at long ranges often that would have no trouble sending a high powered round out after game at a half mile (800yrds). I have never taken a shot that long on deer (383yrds was max) but I' ve taken a coyote at almost 470yrds and felt confident that I could have done so at much farther. My grandfather used to hunt coyotes with a lever action .45-70 with iron sights, I once witnessed him make a 650yrd shot on a trotting coyote, an amazing distance on a stationary target, let alone a moving one. If a guy knows his rifle well enough, and his rifle is capable of grouping well, in most high powered cases, accuracy is the limiting factor of the range, not the power of the round. If the event presented itself I would feel comfortable taking a 550-600yrd shot with my .30-06 and never think twice about it.