I prefer to hunt with a bow, but I've never taken a shot over a hundred yards with a shotgun...not that I wouldn't, but the area I hunt in you can't see over a hundred yards...btw, when gun season starts, it ain't huntin'...it's killin'...
When I was stationed at Camp Lejeune NC, I had the opportunity to "hunt" over bean fields...with my custom Sako 7mm RemMag (Painless), I took 5 deer in one season off two different fields...the shortest shot being 350 yards...Painless lived up to her name...with my hand-loaded Nosler Ballistic Tips, none of 'em even took a step...dead on impact...that's the way it should be done...surgical...