I think Wyominghunter is just about spot on, most of the big game and elk especially I have taken has been under a hundred yards. Sometime's elk every now and then 150 to a little over 400 yds. Prairie dog shooting & coyotes the sky is the limit I'll plink at them at a thousand yards doesn't mean I hit them, I consider them vermin. Now there are times where long range hunting is almost the way it's done considering the openness of the country. AZ Coues deer hunting in certain cross canyon areas is mostly long range propositions. It's usually thick brush where multiple people using high power bino's is a must. The guy's I hunt with are not run of the mill shooters, they practice, practice, practice, and use long range calibers that shoot 1/2 " or better, Coues aren't very big deer so any 24 caliber or larger which can hit consistently at 6 to 7 hundred yards is needed, although most of my friends use 30-378, 300 wby, 300 panther, 25x 300 ultra mag & 6.5 x 300 ultra mag, Rem 300 ultra mags, 7mm mags and myself a 257 mag that I have dialed in. We all use people to spot just like prairie dog shooting. My practice is usually 600 yards and farther I got a cool little area I can stretch it out farther with a road I can drive to the target. If it's Mule deer or Elk I won't attempt these really long shots I can almost always get closer, Coues deer I make an exception. Some people may think that's wrong and that's OK.
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