elk weights in your area.

stubblejumper · 10-30-2005, 09:28 AM

I am wondering what the average mature elk weighs in your area.(live weight).In my area a mature bull will usually weigh 600 to 700 lbs with some 800lbs and the odd 900lb monster.A mature cow will usually make 500 lbs with some exceedind 600lbs.

elknut1 · 10-30-2005, 10:08 AM

Here in Idaho a mature 6point will average 750lbs, so it appears that's close to you guys up north there!

Same goes with a cow, a mature cow can tip 600lbs.

ElkNut1

tangozulu · 10-30-2005, 11:16 AM

half as much as a moose and a bit more than a caribou

Roskoe · 10-30-2005, 11:27 AM

Stubblejumper - our elkhere in Colorado run about the same.

hoghunter22-250 · 10-30-2005, 04:05 PM

about the same but there have been the odd 1000lbs bull been taken around here but not very often

Colorado Bob · 10-30-2005, 10:02 PM

I agree with roskoe-----About 750 for a mature bull, a mature cow 500 to 550. But after I've shot them & have to pack them out on my back--- they ALL will go WELL over 1200 & it's a;ways up hill to camp!! CB

handloader1 · 10-30-2005, 10:08 PM

I killed a spike bull in unit 16 NM weighed 550 lbs. Killed a 6 x 6 in Unit 34 NM weighed 900 lbs. Killed a cow in Unit 34 weighed 550 lbs. Killed a cow 1.5 years in Unit 2 NM weighed 225 lbs. The rest would be total guesses. Good luck.

Buglin Big Bulls · 10-31-2005, 03:27 AM

Well my bull (5 point) would have tipped the scales at 900-1000 pounds, this year!

My brothers 8 point would have broke the scales at 1200-1400 pounds , NO doubt about it!!
(my bull was big bodied but his was just HUGE!

Average bull will go 7-9 hundred pounds.
Average cows will go 6-700 pounds.

skeeter 7MM · 10-31-2005, 10:55 PM

I would say we are about the same whereI hunt in Saskatchewan.

charlie brown · 11-01-2005, 10:38 AM

Well, my cow had a hanging rack weight of 225 lbs, or about 450-475 lbs on the hoof. After talking with a biologist, this is about as big as cows get, as we figured she was a good 4 or 5 years old, although some go over 500, but not very often. The bulls will weigh in the neighborhood of about 600-700 pounds atmaturity, from what I have been able to figure out. Some may top 800, and a rare one might go 900 to 1000, but not very often.