when and if I ever get drawn I am torn as to bow or rifle. Being it would be a once in a lifetime draw part of me wants to go with a rifle...kinda increases your killing distance just a tad...out to 300-400 yds haha...BUT...downside to gun season is the length...not very long season...and I LOVE bowhunting, especially elk, and the season is a month long. And I live for the mountains...so all the extra time would be sweet. But I need to get drawn first so we will see when and if the day comes. Appreciate all the welcomes to the forum. BTW I shoot a Martin Hatfield TD 65#, awesome recurve. I also have a Elburg 63# longbow called the "Condor", I hunt both elk and deer with it. Been shooting instinctive since I was 8 years old. First 2 times I elk hunted I used my old Bear compound, but being a backpack hunter I hated the weight(solid fiberglass limbs, thing must have weighted 10 lbs) plus when I'd call bulls in I was always in the dark timber and never seemed to have time to use the rangefinder (the ones back then u had to look at a tree trunk and turn the dial till the trunks lined up, if that makes sense)and the bulls were always walking. I'm good instinctive to 40yds so now I am traditional 100%.