First off, let me say I've never hunted elk. They come on our property now and again, but never in season. My reason for writing is that I wanted to concur regarding the idea of self-imposed limits on range.
Back about 15 years ago, I was out hunting on what was then my new farm. It was a warm evening in mid-November and as I came through a treeline, I saw a herd of whitetail doe on a hillside about 500 yards out. I decided I would just try a shot for the heck of it. I had no idea of actually hitting anything, but I wanted to see what it felt like to shoot at a deer at that distance and see how the deer would react. I braced my rifle against a massive box elder and took careful aim at a doe well apart from the rest and touched one off.
The rifle I had at the time was a Winchester 670 in 30-06. It was by far the best-suited . . .
Oh drat! I just looked at the time. I'll have to finish this later.
