Years ago when I worked part-time in a local gun shop we were constantly regaled with stories of 700 and sometimes 1000 yard shots on deer. Range finders were just beginning to appear at the time and we used the one on display in the shop to range the flagpole at the college across the highway. If memory serves correct it was around 350 yards. We would ask the story tellers to estimate the range and very seldom was it within 300 yards of being correct.
