A couple of points in response. First, I never said a guide or spotter is always there to help. I was responding to someone who made a blanket statement questioning the ethics of long shots due to the difficulty of recovering the animal. My point was, it's not always difficult and long shots can be just as ethical as short ones.
Second, I was assuming a good hit. If an animal is gut-shot and runs a long distance all bets are off, short range or long.
