No.

Any rifle I carry into the stand is capable of 400 to 500 yards - my limit. I have four that qualify - a 338WM RU77, a 17 inch bbl RU77 (400 yard self-imposed limit) a M98 30-06 heavy 27 inch bbl, and a 260 (400 yd limit).

Based on past performance of over 10 years of tree stand hunting for moose, I can go up there with a Buck knife..... smile

I ain't never killed one but from the ground, but, boy, have I had some fun with critters under the stand! The legal ones seem a bit shy.... the last one I killed while tree stand hunting was 30 feet in front of the stand - after I went several hundred yards downwind to take a dump, and came back.. there's way more to this story.... smile

But really, at 60 yards, that .338WM 250 gr. brain shot was over -penetration..... smile

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