I'd put my child on that elk, no question. Based on the light, the shot was in the morning. The hike was probably 2 hours to get to the animal. We'd have gotten into position to catch them on the way back down the ridge and set up 300 yds from where we expect them that evening, trying to account accurately for the wind and in a location where we could change position. And we might have bagged a couple depending on location and tags. I've had many great times doing just that. 1400 yds? Yawn.
As to long range shooting, it wasn't that long ago that equipment really limited us to much shorter ranges. Especially in the field with little assurance of accurate ranging. What hasn't changed are environmental variables such as wind shift and animal position shift. Down-range bullet performance is also a limiting factor, especially at such a range. There seem to be a lot of smart people who refuse to acknowledge these boundaries.
