I started bow hunting with a pse nova we bought for my wife (she was afraid of guns). She was all pumped up about it at first then she never went. So I thought what the heck, Ill give bow hunting a shot. I got the bow up to 49lbs. It was 24" draw. I killed 2 deer with it. Don’t know about Elk. But that should be plenty for a deer.
BTW, the archery shop told me not to use expendables and I didn’t listen. I used them the second season and shot a deer but did not get a passthrough. The arrow only penetrated 9 or 10 inches with a 15-yard shot. There was basically only speckles of blood and I it took 4 hours so find the deer in a thicket. The deer before that I used 100 gr. thunderheads and got a passthrough. So don’t use expendables. . Also don’t crank up the bow so mush its uncomfortable to shoot just for the sake of getting more poundage. It’s not worth the sacrifice of accuracy. I figured that out with my new bow. That’s the only advice I could give.