I am 14 and went elk hunting this weekend. Its was on a preserve but was a hard hunt. My friend won a hunt in a raffle adn wanted me to do it. We bowhunted in the morning ansd didnt see one. That afternoon i got my 06 and waited on a ridge for the guid to do a drive in some really thick cover where he thought the bhull might be. two bulls came out and the 7 by 6 came to about70 yards and was broadside. i shot onc and he jumped and ran about 40 feet and stopped i shot him again and he didnt go down so i shot one more time and he finnaly went down. When he fell he broke the tip off the second point on the right side but we found it and will have it fixed. when we cleaned him out there was a hole in the lung bigger than a softball. The bull was estimated to be 1200 pounds. I will have pictures as soon as we get them developed.