thanks for the replies guys. in reply to your questions, yes, i would have shot a yearling, the meat is even better. and the sled is a 2000 Yamaha SXR 600 triple. Just started it up this weekend and got it ready for snowmobile season. On a side note, me and some of my huntin buddies were out ice fishin friday and saturday night, we had 1 flag fri and 5 saturday, but no fish. i'm lookin forward to next season already!