Excellent work! I too, got my elk buck this year, and it felt amazing. Especially after 2 previous years of getting skunked, and so much time and effort put in, the elk depression was starting to set in. I would look for threads like this and keep my spirits up.
I'm going to start getting our new horses used to shooting, it would be amazing to hunt on horseback. I'm new to horses (former city boy) and just got the wife one about a year ago, and now she convinced me to get another a month ago. Things cost more than my hunting and shooting habits...