Opinions are what makes the world go round, but just to clarify, nobody is "winging" anything. If a person can hit the vitals of a coyote at any given distance with a cold-bore shot, then they can surely hit the vitals of a big-game animal at the same distance. I also thought that I would point out that 500 yards is a heck of a lot closer (and MUCH easier) than 1000, so if I can see the target past 900 yards with 9x, then pretty much anybody should be able to do it at 500.
