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Elk is Back in the Menu

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29 December 2022, 03:11
LHeym500
Elk is Back in the Menu
I got my Cow elk back today.
162 pounds of meat. She weighed 300 pounds gutted with the hide off.

Very impressed with her size. I did not think she would go that big.
26 January 2023, 01:00
OkieNewton
Excellent eating for sure. Wifey and I are eating on the bull I shot in the fall of 2020.


Keep yer powder dry and yer knife sharp.
26 January 2023, 04:01
LHeym500
I just did strip steaks, rare crusted in fresh grounded black pepper, sea salt with a Cognac, cream sauce from the pan drippings.
26 January 2023, 17:22
p dog shooter
quote:
Originally posted by LHeym500:
I just did strip steaks, rare crusted in fresh grounded black pepper, sea salt with a Cognac, cream sauce from the pan drippings.


YUM YUM Smiler
26 January 2023, 19:06
ledvm
Elk is excellent fare without a doubt.


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26 January 2023, 21:40
TCLouis
I was reading your report of success and menu and sudden realized I was salivating.

WELL DONE . . . all round!



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27 January 2023, 23:51
Clayman
Do you mind sharing how you had that divided up? 162lbs of meat is a lot! How do you plan to use it? Ground for burgers, meatloaf, etc.? Did you do any sausage or the like?


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28 January 2023, 02:31
Atkinson
This is the first year that I can remember with no elk, F&G screwed up my honey hole for a cow..I quit shooting bulls when I ran out of any place to hang horns. prior to that we ate a lot old stinking damn rutten bulls that tasted Ok but smelled like piss when cooking!! thumbdown but shot only cows the last number of years except for one monster bull, He was too big to pass up, Ive never measured him but a friend measured the horns at 183 or 189, can't remember which.

Steak and burger, most add 10 to 20 % beef fat to the burger, but I have an old heart, so passed on that the last 4 years..Elk makes great jerky smoked and great sausage..

Always get a deer or two or more, all steak trimmed of all fat and senue..

Eating more beef, chicken and lamb as I have to butcher and wrap my own deer and elk these days as none of the processing plants do deer anymore as beef processing is months behind locally


Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com