Jacobite-
If you go to the elk hunting forum and the "500 shots at elk" thread you'll see where I recounted an experience of mine where even if you hunt hard and well, circumstances may arise where your only shot--certainly different sounding than your situation where you control your own herd by yourself--if you are to take even one will be a long, long one.
Here, in the U.S./North America and particularly the mountain west and high desert southwest, where a prized tag is finally recieved, maybe after years of waiting, the serious among us practice for every contingency; read that as meaning practice with the right equipment to take a clean, killing shot at long range should that be the one that presents itself without the hope of closing the range.
