Hikchick

Here's a visual that most people don't realize. Feel the soft spot at the bottom of your throat. (Where your collarbones come into the middle.) That is where you have to shoot an elk or deer for the arrow to hit a lung. Now, believe it or not (this is part of our bowhunter's ed class) the size of that opening on a mule deer is about the size of a golf ball. On an elk it is only the size of a tennis ball! Think you can hit that size of a target (without clear definition of the kill zone)? The smart thing to do is to not take the shot! Wait for the animal to turn, if they don't then at least you won't regret losing the animal over a stupid shot! Weigh it out in your mind. Is it worth it? I don't think so.