again, I would love to be able to use my rifles for southern tier hunting, I have a .44 mag winchester that isn't really much more "long range" than a shot gun, but there is a huge difference between a shotgun (say 20 ga) and a rifle (say 30.06). We are really talking about a difference between 100s of yards and miles (potentially). I don't know the exact numbers but I do know that a rifle bullet unimpeeded will travel a great didtance more than a slug. That is why no rifles in the "relatively mountainless" southern tier.

Knowing what is boyond your target is critical, but at those ranges no one can bee exactly sure (unlewss there is a big mountain in front of you).