I couldn't agree more. A few years ago there was an article in Precision Shooting about 1000 yard deer hunting, which I consider an abomination, and it went on to mention shooting a black bear at that range.

What perple tend to forget, if they ever knew, is that it takes a perceptible time even for a high velocity bullet to reach it's target, and unless the target is inanimate or tethered, there is a chance that it will move after the shot has been fired and before the bullet arrives.

In other words, even in the unlikely event that the shooter is able to judge the range correctly, allow for drop, judge the wind correctly and allow for it, and the execute a perfect shot with a 1/2" of angle rifle, using 1/2" of angle ammunition, it is still possible to miss, or worse yet, to wound. Dealing with a wounded deer from a thousand yards away, and likely as not, across a canyon from the shooter, let alone a wounded bear, is not something a true sportsman will contemplate.

All this aside from the fact that even a bullet from .30/.340 Weatherby will have no more energy than a .30-30 by the time it arrives, even if the most ballistically sound bullet is used, which it shouldn't be, since those bullets are designed to perform at a much higher velocity, and will probably fail to expand properly. A bullet designed for .30-30 velocity would be travelling far slower on arrival.

I once had a 300 yard shot on a Beisa Oryx which was quartering away from me to the right. I aimed to shoot through the boiler room and break the left shoulder. After the shot broke, my PH, who was watching through binoculars, remarked, "He took a step just as you fired." I was using my pre-64 Model 70 .300 H&H with 180 grain Silvertip factory ammunition.

Fortunately, we were on an open plain, and able to follow tha oryx for over a mile in the Land Cruiser. When he finally succombed, he was discovered to have been hit about a foot to the rear of where I was aiming. Even so, it took two additional shots to bring him down. Had we not been in such an open area, he would have escaped to die in agony, or to be eaten alive by lions or hyenas. Not a fit end for such a noble animal.