On the 14th I went out for a quick evening hunt. I don't like to hunt in the evening for fear that tracking something in the dark can create problems. I went to one of my honeyholes and by quarter to 6 the bulls started to erupt. There must have been 5 bulls going off and not one of them would cow call in. I decided to go in after them and ended up following a bugling bull through the trees and had another close bull to my right. The elk were moving out to feed and I had swung in behind them just in time. I could get within 30-40 yards of the bull in front of me but he never let me see him. I stayed close behind thinking that the bull on my right was going to cross paths with the bull in front of me. When I reached the edge of the timber the bull in front busted me along with his cows. I cow called to calm them down and it seemed to work. There were elk on both sides of me and in front of me. The bull bugling on my right was getting closer so I cut the distance and noticed a 5 point at 15 yards. Luckily he didn't see me so I stayed put until the bugling bull showed himself. I saw long beautiful tines and felt he was a shooter. He was following 2 cows 77 yards away. I stepped out to get a better angle and move in but the cows busted me and moved off with the bull right behind them. Suddenly the bull circled and started quartering toward me. At 43 yards he stopped broadside and I let it fly. I used my 40 yard pin and held high and hit right where I aimed. The sound of the arrow hitting something solid echoed back to me and the bull lunged forward. Oblivious to what was happening, the bull quartered toward me again and I could see my arrow sticking out of his side high and behind the shoulder. He walked 50 yards then collapsed and expired within 3 minutes right in front of me within 30 yards. Both lungs had been hit. No tracking to do and the sun had been down for about 5 minutes. Bulls were screaming in literally every direction until I left the area at 10:30 that night. I've taken a lot of bulls but this is the first one with a bow and my biggest yet. I regret that I had no camera with me. He should score around 325. What an experience! Another good thing is my overpriced G5 Montec broadhead is in perfect shape. I almost feel I should thank Mathews for the Switchback and Leica for their rangefinder and for the fact it was a clean and quick kill. What a hunt! I'll european mount it and show pics later. This was my first day elk hunting this year and it was over in less than two hours.