at our cigar club last Tuesday, one of the guys told us he had to appear in court in Spokane on some issue related to this job-he's in our department of transportation. The case prior to his was one of a new elk hunter who shot a horse. He related how the judge listened attentively to the game warden's story of this new elk hunter, and how he shot the horse out from under it's rider. The judge turns to the hunter and asks if he's got anything to say in his defense, and the guy replies "Your honor, I truly thought it was an elk", to which the judge, turning red in the face, asks " and just who the devil did you think was RIDING the elk???". Fortunately, I don't think bowhunters would have any difficulty seeing someone riding an elk, since we pretty much need to be really close, compared to a Remington 700 in .300WSM! So good luck on your first elk adventure!