ttabs, I like reading and watching Mike Lipinski's books and video's. I just wish he would come out with a new elk hunting video. I think the last elk video he made was 10 or so years ago, and they are still a good sourse of info for todays bowhunters.

huntnmuleys, sometimes we have to take the bad with the good. If you are dedicated and hunt every year sooner or later, bad luck as well as good will hit ya. I am sorry to hear that you lost that cow, I have never lost an elk yet, but I have lost 2 mulie bucks, both times the shots was close under 30 yards. Both shots seemed good to my eyes and I had good blood trails. But both times it was also raining hard very hard.[:@] To say it hurts is an understatement. I have missed my fair share of elk and deer too just like all good bowhunters. I guess that bad luck just makes it all the more sweet when we are successful and standing over such a beautiful animal with our bows in hand.