8 yards?? I don't even understand how you get that close to an animal that size...congratulations, that is one gorgeous animal. I wanted to ask if you happened to know Terry Crooks from Libby, MT? I am not a bow hunter, and don't know anything about these scores people are asking about but I know he holds a record for an elk taken with a bow. I'm sure there are lots of different records so I don't know if his is even in the same category, but several years ago I got to spend a lot of time in the woods with him and I have a lot of respect for folks like him and yourself that can take such amazing trophy animals with something like a recurve bow. Unbelievable...congrats again!