yardage involved may have some impact on why some of these guys love big mags...guides may be telling clients that shots may be as long as you want to shoot....ever heard this before????
I hunt with a 25/06, 270, 7 mag, and 7 STW on the long stuff. Brother, Brother in law, and I have never had a deer take a step with the 7 STW with our loads with longest shot 460 yards on a 300+ lb Kansas deer.
It has always amazed me at how few hunters know their ability to hit anything...most of us are living way too fast.
