on the poundage part, last year i hunted with 85 lbs, this year new bow, will be 70. still plenty i think.

more on that calling. i actually do call some, usually cowcalling in close. the years ive ate tag soup, my calling or stalking wasnt the problem, my shooting was. i consider myself to be a fairly good shot, but have had some terrible luck. target panic then became a factor, but now im shooting a mechanical release, which seems to have cured it. hope to go back to fingers one day, though, except for 2 years of bad luck, ive had great success for a long time. for me it isnt buck, or bull fever either. terrible luck i think. 3 years ago i wounded and lost a cow in a blizzard. man thats a bad feeling. how it happened is even worse. 35 yard shot, she jumped the string so bad it hit her on the opposite side of the body from what i aimed at!!!!!!!!!! she did a 180. i have NEVER seen any animal jump the string that bad. anyway, 8 of us could not find her in a day and a half, as between the time i shot, and got to camp and got everybody we had 6 inches or 10 inches or so of fresh snow. i have never seen snow that hard. the group of us could not find where 35 elk went through the trees. thats the kind of bad luck im talking about.

one other piece of advice i have is get a quailty range finder. worth its weight in gold.
well ive rambled enough
brad