I would be willing to bet serious coin that 10x as many game animals are wounded and left to suffer and die, wasted and in agony, by casual shooter/hunter types, who drive the backroads "hunting" and I have seen a lot of this in my years working for the Forest Services of B.C. and Alberta.
Serious, knowledgable guys like "Cat" and ATR have the rifles, optics, loads and SKILLS to actually make lethal shots on game at extended ranges and are FAR more likely to humanely kill their game at 800M than most are at 150M, based on what I have seen in over four decades of hunting.
Soooo, I think that stressing proper gear, LEARNING/SKILLS and PRACTICE is far more relevant here than questioning the ethics involved....no offence intended, but, there is not enough concern for shooting skills in today's hunting, IMHO.
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