A friend and I ended up with an elk and a bear after a hunt here in Spokane. We had to travel three hours back home in Leavenworth. We stopped by the store and bought a cart full of ice and back both carcasses full. We hung them in his garage for three days. We then spent the next three or four days processing the meat. Jim told me to remove all of the fat and skew as possible. It takes more time but you won't regret it when you eat it. He said that was where the "gamey" was at. So we sat there at the picnic table and removed all we could. My wife had never had elk or bear before. She was kind of hesitant. Elk became her favorite wild game meat...until she had some of the bear...now that is her favorite.