fuel milage

just bought a 02 700 sportsman with just over 1000 miles on it. I live about 9 miles from Royal Blue here in Tn and went riding this last Saturday. just out of curiosity about how many miles should I be able to go on a tank of gas. I was using low about 30% of the time and locked in 4 wheel about 50 %. we rode about 30 miles up there and then I’ve played around the wood trails here on my farm and ran out at 44 miles. when I put fuel back in it took a long time with the choke on to get it to run without it, is this normal? this is my first Polaris and my 700 king quad was easy to start after you ran out but I guess the electric fuel pump takes care of that. that was a long first post but I love information. Thanks Don