Congrats!!!! Nevermind those who are giving you a hard time. I've never taken an elk, but I remember my first whitetail. It was a young doe in southwest VA on the only doe day of the rifle season. I was shaking so bad that my first shot took out her frong kneecaps. She hit the ground, started kicking herself down the hill, and was squalling like a baby. I took two more quick shots, one that missed, and one that hit her in the neck which instantly stopped her. Then I broke down and balled like a baby myself.

As horrifying a story as that is, she WAS my first deer. And I had hunted for FIVE years before finally getting a shot at one. I was damn proud of that deer, and it's one I'll never forget.

Again...CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hope the meat is good.