elk hunting question
i'm new to hunting out west, and will hopefully get the chance to do some elk hunting over the next few years. if i do, it will be self guided and i was wondering what you do with an elk once you kill one? back east, if you kill a 120lb whitetail you just gut it and drag it out, but if you take a 350lb elk, and say i was on public land which i couldnt drive i vehicle onto, whats the best way to get it out? is it better to just take part of it and not the whole thing?