Several years ago I had gone to the range at a wildlife management area. About the time we were unloaded and ready to go, a young guy shows up wearing hunting cammies carrying a rifle case. Unloads a scoped .300 Win Mag, which is serious overkill for game here in GA. “Just sighting in my rifle for deer season!”
First shot he takes, he gets a scope recoil crescent moon cut above his right eye, just this side of needing a butterfly or a stitch or two for closure. Ouch, and just damn.
No doubt. Now in south ga hunting peanut fields ya need some distance, but in north ga, a 12 ga slug or a 30-30 is plenty.