Just me, but in a hunting situation, I won't take a long shot without a spotter.
I often will take a sighter round also depending on conditions.
At that point I want feedback from the target area. IE on a spotter, you hit 1 rock to the left of the rock you aimed at. Or on an animal you hit half animal to left or such, I"ll favor the next shot in.
If I"m so far off you can't get me a call IE dunno, looked like 3-4 animals left or maybe 30 rocks low... I'm done, somewhere somehow I missed something big time. And I'm not going to risk the next shot.
I"m far from good, but I do know what works best for me and my mostly untrained spotters.....