Ahh.. A meat hunter, nothing else matters. Might as well walk out in a pasture and shoot cows, cheaper, easier, faster, and you get your 100% prime concern.. Meat...
I tend to think that, assuming there are animals in the area you are hunting, that a better stalker won't need to look 500yds away, his skills allow him to read game signs, and find something you can see with the naked eye. At 500 yes you could be listening to music and making a phone call
I clearly prefer up close hunting I guess.. The state I hunt in simply offeres no public hunting that has much more than a few dozen yards of flat open spaces.. Might find a few Acer plots of man height scrub areas, but its broken up without too many shooting lanes.