NICE! Nilsen 
As far as gut shooting deer, you are either starving and took a shot you shouldn't of in the desperate hope of some food, or you are a fool and took a shot, you shouldn't of, or you are simply a bad shot and shouldn't be hunting without more practice. I did always consider rifle and shotgun deer season as amateur hour in the woods, I'd be willing to bet most never even sighted in at a range before heading out 

BigRat
Exactly! If your not sure, dont f****** shoot. A real hunter use his brain to think, not his balls. It's hunting season, not spray and pray season for god sake. I too know some decent shot that got plain miss or wounded the animal. The problem is not their aim. It's that they get nervous when the beast show up. Usually at the range your shooting casual and no pressure. Once in the field you got one shot. And lets say that a 700 pounds moose coming your way is pretty impressive. I once saw a big male break a 3 inch pine tree with his antlers. That's when I started to get the shake...
Nice animal your got there Nilsen. I didn't know there were wild elk in Quebec. There are none where I live. I'm quite a bit further north-east ('bout a 5 hours drive from Montreal).
Take a look at this. 2 guys in Quebec decided to play with a big male.
http://video.aujourdhui.com/video/iLyROoafIOHY.html