There are high percentage shots and low percentage shots.
Plenty of people who hunt take shots at running game, well under 100 yards that don't even come anywhere close to making a clean kill, if they hit the animal at all.
To put an arbitrary number such as 700 yards as max indicates to me a novice long range shooter. From one hour to the next conditions can change enough that a shooter who may be comfortable shooting out to 1200 yards in ideal conditions, would choose not to take a shot at 1/4 that distance.
Conditions generally dictate what a max distance is, in regards to a high percentage shot on a game animal or anything else.
The bottom line is that a person should only be taking high percentage shots. It does not matter if it's with a .44 mag or 300 win mag. Kill clean and set a good example.
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL.
The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world.
