Wet dog you’re right on the money after years of guiding elk bowhunters the number one issue, other than losing their nerve when the bull is 10 yards bugling in their face blowing their hat off. (My nickname was top pin before the saying was popular.) Is they try to draw too much weight I’ve seen elk killed with Bows with 45 pounds of draw weight with no problem it shot placement 90% of the time. Same applies with rifles. I’ve seen too many bulls get up and walk away from a 300 mag with bad shot placement too much recoil for the shooter when they can kill everything on the planet with a 30 06 at the same distance, they’re shooting a 300. No your gun know your bow. Know you’re capabilities and don’t shoot over your capability. Practice like you play if you’re shooting out of a blind shoot off the chair you’re gonna be shooting out of the blind with, practice shooting on your knees with that bow not just standing shooting, practice with your broadheads and shoot solid blade broadheads not mechanicals for elk. We can argue that point all day long and I’ll come out on top. Mechanical broad heads for elk are crap so let the argument begin. When my outfitter had a client show up with mechanical broad heads for elk and they were assigned to me. I knew we were gonna have at least one wounded bull even hit in the right spot. They fail time and time again. I grew tired of having to watch wounded bulls for hours waiting for them to die when hit with a mechanical broadhead. It’s a cruel way to die.
