Shooters seem to be obsessed with long range shots, and it is great to have an accurate rifle that can hit small targets at multiple hundreds of yards, but I like to think practically about hunting. This photo is one of our resident mother deer, with her two babies from last year, at 200 yards across our pond. There is less than 50 feet of woody vegetation between the deer and the pond's edge. It's an easy shot for a rifle with a trajectory of the 30-06 or 308. Sight it an inch and a half or two above the crosshairs at 100, and 200 yards will be right on. You just have to be steady and pick a shot that won't tag any branches. Any good marksman can make a heart shot with an off-the-shelf rifle and factory ammo if they are serious about their marksmanship and know their trajectory.
