I cut back to 1 pack a day, switch to lite beer, and get the medium fries instead of the large...usually start this regimen about 6 weeks before I go. Discipline is the key!
This is certainly a tragedy. The big ranch I hunt in Mexico has a year-round mountain lion extermination program, hunting and trapping, and their population of elk, mule deer and desert bighorn sheep are thriving. Having been within a few tens of yards of a big female and her cub I can honestly...
24" barrel, 100 gr. bullet @ around 3,000 fps...I don't see much of a distance handicap. I run basically that same setup with a 22" bbl and I'm good to +1,000.
All flavors:
MG Arms Custom Rem Model 700V 260 Rem - Nightforce SHV 4-14x56
Ruger AR-556 MPR 5.56 - Trijicon AccuPoint 2.5-12.5x42
Savage Model 12 LRPV .223 Rem - Trijicon Tenmile 5-50x56
Lil' varmints and hogs hate my guts...
I've used the old "look down the bore" method and a LaserLyte with about equal results. The laser works well with larger bores and gets me on paper at 100 yds. With the .22s and .223s just peering down the hole at the 2" orange dot at the end of my 25 yard driveway works just fine, too, on paper...