My friends bought cabin with a pond near Brazil Indiana and they claimed they saw an alligator there. Nobody believed them until his brother shot it, was about 3 feet long and now they have a pretty cool skull adding to their cabin decor. Crazy how people will dump anything anywhere...
bocefus got it right, that state land is a patchwork all over the county so make sure you know where you are. The state land/private property boundaries are not all marked.
Range is nice, but pinpoint accuracy is also a big plus. My 6mm and my 308 norma mag both shoot well under an inch at 100 yards, quite an improvement over my 44 mag!