You know, I'm not a young and dumb, inexperienced bowhunting folks. Some of the guys here read and believe, but I've been there and done that.

I've gotten several SD antelope within 20 yards. Getting them to be still is another story !

Mule deer are animals you can successfully stalk very close to, not unlike elk.

Ya'll are compound shooters, you take 50-60 and beyond yard shots because you can. If you COULDN'T take those shots, you wouldn't and you'd find a way to hunt your way into 20 yards.

I'm all for ya'll taking long shots if you can make them, it aint for me to say whether you can or cannot make those shots. But being a trad shooter, I full well know that getting close to game while bowhunting is just as possible to do with elk and mule deer as it is whitetail.

Huntign out west requires further shots is a Wives Tale - its simply not true.