Sorry for the appalling lack of modesty but If I said that my groups looked like a shotgun pattern and buck fever was my middle name - how could I blame poor range estimation for shooting over the top of 2 nice bucks.

I’m lucky enough to have a 225 yard range and a 490 yard rock in my backyard. Both grandfathers spoiled me with time and ammunition starting before I turned 5. Dad made me shoot a B.B. gun about ten thousand times to get any 22 ammo and living way out in the sticks certainly helped. After shooting that much over 50 years it would be pathetic if I wasn’t reasonably competent.

That awful range estimation after 250 yards is very common and Doug’s under $200 Sig will be a great tool for the OP. All the target turrets, range calibrated reticles and Ballistic calculators that make long range easier don’t really matter if you guess wrong on the actual distance.