Elk meat

[flatbroke]

Got hooked up with 20 pounds of elk meat by a friend of mine. Time to decide what type of sausage I’m gonna make, Bologna, summer, linked or sticks.

 

[indaswamp]

AWESOME! Man I wanna shoot an elk for the meat...one day.......

 

[flatbroke]

AWESOME! Man I wanna shoot an elk for the meat...one day.......

I keep missing out on the draw

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Congrats @flatbroke , elk meat IMO is some of the finest you could lay hands on! If I may ask, what cuts did you get?

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

AWESOME! Man I wanna shoot an elk for the meat...one day.......

The meat is beyond awesome, especially when you get the ones that feed off the grain fields! I think my fam could live off wild game, we love deer… but elk is our fav!

 

[pineywoods]

very nice congrats

 

[flatbroke]

Congrats @flatbroke , elk meat IMO is some of the finest you could lay hands on! If I may ask, what cuts did you get?

I am not sure but am glad to have it

 

[flatbroke]

very nice congrats

Thanks

 

[thirdeye]

I would consider cutting it with 40% ground pork butt, not just to increase your yield, but for moistness and flavor. If you want to tame the gamey flavor (for some people, it's subconscious) you could go 50% pork.

All my life I have heard the line "... and it doesn't even taste like venison, pronghorn, elk etc.", so some folks attempt to disguise the flavor, which at the price to get elk to the freezer makes no sense to me.

In my neck of the woods, Summer sausage with wild game and pork is very popular, but that's because you get so much burger with an elk, and it's easy to make. Bulk breakfast sausage is another go-to use. It's kind of double purpose because you can make a patty or two when you grill hamburgers .

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

I am not sure but am glad to have it

Totally understand! I thought some looked like steaks, hard to tell! Again, congrats and can’t wait to see your cooks with it… if you’d be kind enough to post!

 

[flatbroke]

Totally understand! I thought some looked like steaks, hard to tell! Again, congrats and can’t wait to see your cooks with it… if you’d be kind enough to post!

I will def put it up

 

[indaswamp]

I keep missing out on the draw

Yeah...know the feeling. I have not drawn a tag yet.

 

[indaswamp]

The meat is beyond awesome, especially when you get the ones that feed off the grain fields! I think my fam could live off wild game, we love deer… but elk is our fav!

I've had it....and yes it is AWESOME! Buddy in Kansas had a shoulder given to him from some guys that brokedown on the interstate in Kansas on the way home. My buddy cooked it last time I was up...man was it good!

 

[smokin peachey]

You are a lucky fella

 

[Nefarious]

not trying to steal this thread, I have looked at several companies to buy some bison or elk for my birthday. For my 50th I was in Wyoming at a ranch while visiting the Tetons and I had Elk, it was delicious. I have looked at Blackwing or other places ordering it online?

 

[Brokenhandle]

Congrats on that! Look forward to seeing what you do with it. You'll love it I'm sure! The elk that Justin (@WaterinHoleBrew ) sent us is just awesome and being savored!

Ryan

 

[jcam222]

Lucky! I love elk meat. My brother in law hunts elk most years and when he gets one shares some with us. So much closer to beef taste than deer.

 

[flatbroke]

not trying to steal this thread, I have looked at several companies to buy some bison or elk for my birthday. For my 50th I was in Wyoming at a ranch while visiting the Tetons and I had Elk, it was delicious. I have looked at Blackwing or other places ordering it online?

Nice area to visit.

 

[xbubblehead]

Not a fan of Elk meat texture and, depending on when and how it was shot, the taste. My first "taste" of Elk was at a friends house. After raving about how great it was he buried it in seasoning and incinerated it. Since that experience I have had it properly prepared but just don't care for it.

 

[Nefarious]

Nice area to visit. View attachment 527332

Specially out in the open.