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<blockquote data-quote="ElkStalkR" data-source="post: 1271755" data-attributes="member: 2292"><p>My questions are: Where are you going elk hunting and WHEN?</p><p></p><p>First you may be better off just planning on doing the butchering yourself. Odds are very good that you may have to skin and quarter you elk just to get it to the truck. At that point you may as well finish butchering it, an elk is just like butchering an oversized deer. Same cuts of meat and everything, just bigger.</p><p></p><p>Second, if this is an earlier hunt (anything before November) you will most likely not be able to bring him back whole if you are very far from Oklahoma. Elk retain body warmth VERY WELL. Much more so than any deer. They are dense and have very thick hair. It is very important to skin them fairly quickly to allow the meat to cool properly. PLUS, if you are thinking about getting a mount you need to get the hide off him and let that cool so it doesn't "slip" when mounting. You can ruin a hide pretty easily if you don't treat it properly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElkStalkR, post: 1271755, member: 2292"] My questions are: Where are you going elk hunting and WHEN? First you may be better off just planning on doing the butchering yourself. Odds are very good that you may have to skin and quarter you elk just to get it to the truck. At that point you may as well finish butchering it, an elk is just like butchering an oversized deer. Same cuts of meat and everything, just bigger. Second, if this is an earlier hunt (anything before November) you will most likely not be able to bring him back whole if you are very far from Oklahoma. Elk retain body warmth VERY WELL. Much more so than any deer. They are dense and have very thick hair. It is very important to skin them fairly quickly to allow the meat to cool properly. PLUS, if you are thinking about getting a mount you need to get the hide off him and let that cool so it doesn't "slip" when mounting. You can ruin a hide pretty easily if you don't treat it properly. [/QUOTE]
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