I'd rather have the thrill of sneeking up as close as possible over anything else.
I agree, it gets a lot more interesting fast when you are inside of 100 yds.
Don't know if this will help anybody following the thread, but here are a few pictures I took of my cow while quartering.
Entrance hole in rib cage, with front quarter removed, a few inches higher than I had intended when I pulled the trigger (there wasn't really much blood shot, but the elk died with this side down, so blood from the body cavity kind of pooled here)
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