I've only, purposefully, taken on a mammoth once. Best way to raise your bow is sneak attack, there is a perk on the sneak tree that gives you 3 times damage from sneak attacks. There is also a dagger perk which gives you 15X dagger damage from a sneak attack. (all in the sneak tree) When not going for sneak kills I use dual ebony war axes instead of my blade of woe (A really awesome dagger)






