I read an article a few years back , guy and his wife as spotter using a .50 BMG to hunt elk out west somewhere at ranges nearing 1000 yards. I hunt nearly year round for all species I can and not only do I think hunting rifles with massive huge scopes looks horrible, the ethics are questionable as well as is hunting animals at that range really hunting, or shooting?
Most of my hunting rifles wear optics, all 4x fixed and one , a M88 sporter, that I use strictly irons with for whitetail hunting.