RE: ELK FIELD DRESSING, SKININN, ETC
If it is a bull and you want to mount him, you will have to cape him, gut him, skin him, quarter him, and put the quarters in cotton game bags.
If it is a cow do everything but cape her.
If it is a cow or a bull I don' t want to mount, I will skin the animal in one piece making sure to not make any holes in hide, and send the hide to a tannery, and have something made from it. Good luck on your hunt!!