RE: gamie meat
I've never had a mulie taste worth crap unless you mix it with something to hide the strong taste. I know it depends on if their eating sage as opposed to a ranchers grain/corn, butif you want goodeatingdeer, shoot a whitetail. I have shotmulies and whitetailin the same area and feeding on the same vegetation and the mulies have a real strong taste, not a bad taste but just strong in my opinion.
The elk you shot, how old was that? That makes a lot of difference.Depends if you want to eat a piece of veil or a set of antlers. Theres a lot of good advise thats been mentioned, but you have to start off with a goodanimal if your looking for quality taste and make sure its properly taken care of from field to cooler/freezer.
Bobby