Hey Bob.

I shoot a '00 Hoyt Magna Tec Intruder, #70, 31.5" draw, carbon express-cx hunter 400 arrow, and a 3 blade 125g broadhead. She was up the mountain and just over 40 yards, and I hit her right in the sweet-spot. As I have said in other posts, there were a plethura of things that went my way which allowed me to take the shot; virtually no wind, ample time to use range finder, standing perfectly broadside, no brush or trees, etc.. And if any of those were not in my favor, I most likely would have passed.

We just moved out to oregon last year, so this was my first one! I grew up and went to college in South Dakota and Iowa, so I was born and raised a whitetail/duck/pheasant hunter. I had never even seen an elk/cougar/bear/mule deer until I came out here. The sheer size of these animals is impossible to put into words. My buddy I was hunting with used to do some guiding, so that didn't hurt one bit when it came to estimating the size of her. She was a fat ol' girl and weighed in at right around 800 lbs. on the hoof. I've taken some pretty large whitetail over the years, but when you see this thing that is 3 times that size, it blows your mind!!!

Anyway, sorry to ramble on....hope this helps out. Are you thinking of going elk hunting? Changing your set-up?

Just my two cents.

Chad

Edited by - oregonhunter on 01/29/2002 20:51:46