Elk 2022 Oregon

[poacherjoe]

Here is the spike bull and he was huge ! Bigger body than some of my branch antlered bulls,

 

[tbern]

nice looking beast, congrats!!

 

[indaswamp]

Awesome! #MEAT!

 

[tallbm]

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Nice work!

Nothing like field to table wild game that tastes amazing!
BTW, I love the bulk spices on the shelves behind the meat there. I wish I had room to get the big 4 (Salt, Pepper, Onion, Garlic) and Paprika in bulk. I DO have cracked Black Pepper in one of those big containers and Bay Leaves of all things in one of those big containers.

I use the bay leafs in my instant pot black soy beans a la chara... which I need to get back onto making :)

Anyhow, great job!

 

[poacherjoe]

Finished grinding the burger and I ended up with 60 plus pounds plus I made 20 pounds breakfast sausage !! Steaked out the hind quarters and made 16 pints of canned elk to go with the loins and the neck is simmering while I text . Nice to have a full freezer with the cost of food nowadays .

 

[indaswamp]

Nice to have a full freezer with the cost of food nowadays .

Yup. Got (5) 100-130# deer in the freezer now...185# of meat. A large part of that will be ground meat when processing day rolls around Feb. 2023. Just need a couple wild hogs and the freezers will be full again....

How many pounds of meat total did you get off that big spike elk?

 

[poacherjoe]

I didn't weigh it but I would say somewhere around 250 pounds . Shot behind the 5th rib and that bedded him down and finished him with one behind the head, He wasn't really gut shot and there was zero loss of meat . I am 6'-05" and 270 still pretty strong and I had a hell of a time picking up the hind quarters.

 

[jcam222]

That is awesome!! I love elk. My brother in law is an avid hunter and has given me some from time to time.

 

[Buckeyedude]

Totally awesome! Congrats! Definitely one of my bucket list wishes!

 

[WaterRat]

Sweet! Would love to hunt out west sometime.

 

[pc farmer]

Congratulations on the elk. I hope they never make it here

 

[Danblacksher]

one of my dream hunts. along with moose, bison, and caribou. All out of my price range so I will continue to dream. Tough to smoke a dream though lol.

 

[daveomak]

Beautiful animal... It will be delish for sure... Enjoy, and good health to all of you...