I doesn't matter what the archers level of confidence is. In my opinion. An elk should never be shot in the neck with a bow. I will not take neck shots. I am an accomplished archer on the 3-D range and in the field. Experience tells me that there are too many variables that will be a detriment to my shot even at 10 yards, as I took my elk at this past season( double lung). Window of shot opportunity and window of kill opportunity are 2 different things. I had many elk within bow range, and yes I had the opportunity to shoot many, would I take a percentage shot even if it is 80 or 90 %. No I wouldn't . I had a young man with me last year who thought the neck shot was great. He took that head on shot. Needless to say the next two days were wasted and we had nothing to show for it but blisters. I spent the night on the mountain that night without a bag. Did the shot look well placed, Yes it did. Did the bull go down?He sure did. After 5 more days of hunting we had a pack of wolves howling from the drainage that we last found sign from the bull. He went down alright. I don't think that the neck shot scattered him all over the hill. Yes , I don't doubt that a well placed shot in the neck will put an animal down. But as for bow hunting elk, I think that this is a very poor shot selection given the small margin for error. If a hunter is that experienced and truly enjoys nature, he would be much more happy at watching that bull walk away healthy, then to spend the rest of his hunt regretting that he took a neck shot. I agree with Robinhood on this one.