How much Elk? . . .to a friend?
 

How much Elk should I or would you give your huntin' buddy for helping you get it out?
After all, I turned him on to my honey holes . . . he was in elk several times . . . he should have had his own . . . I let him use my extra ATV . . . but still, he was there to help me field dress and recooup MY elk. Just want to be fair.
(Oh yeah, he got a whole tenderloin while it hung at his place)

A few steaks? A 1/4 of the total? 1/2 the total weight? None?

All he carried ,if he wanted.If it was the other way around what would you like to get. If you got a packer treat him will.

I would help without expecting anything in return. Really. I've done it many times to even strangers. Elk, Moose, etc.
But I'm all about fair and am a loss here 'cause I have always hunted by myself the past few years and did it all myself.

My buddy and I always split it down the middle. If he gets one, I get half. If I get one, he gets half. If we both get one, we are in hog heaven. We also each pay half of the processing. We are best friends though. Go with your gut. Only you know the whole situation.

I hunt with one partner and we share the expenses and work. If one of us shoots an elk, we both do equal work to get it out. With an elk on the ground, the only thing one did more then the other was pull the trigger. The first time we hunted together I shot a bull and gave him half because I felt he worked for it just as much as I did. That set the stage and that is how we rolled from then on. Getting a half of elk on a year you didn't shoot anything is pretty nice. If you were in his position, how much do you think you should get?

I'm leaning towards that . . . 1/2. It's more than he would expect, and it would shut him up at work!! (lol)

Besides . . . I need the room in my freezer. 1 elk, 2 deer, etc.

I'm with the dog and cajun on this one...the last elk I got we all (4) helped get it back to the road skinned it and loaded it in the Suburban...so we split it 4 ways, one guy who had gotten a deer really didn't have the freezer space so he only took a few packages of meat....so 3 of us split the rest as well as the cost of processing the meat, some times I cut my own, but as I get older I find that the youngsters don't really want to learn how to do it so much, so I just have the pro's do it !!!!

that is a conversation that should come up before opening morning. Sometimes it's hard to bring up, but it's harder once a elk is down and packed back to a vehicle. I just had 2 buddies come hunt with me for their first elk hunt in Colorado. As we were setting up camp I made it clear that no matter what, I would help them boning, packing and packaging, but we had to talk about how to split the meat. Everyone then knew what to expect.

I personally believe in splitting up equally as the shooting is the easy part, but packing is why so many people road hunt and don't see elk

That's good advise. It's something that can be discussed at the same time everyone is discussing other items like splitting the cost of food, fuel, ect. Our 1st trip, my partner was pleasently surprised that I was giving him half. Heck! Like I mentioned it before, he worked as hard as I did and I wouldn't have it any other way. A few trips after we took another guy and we explained prior to hunting our camp practices and that if one killed something, we would split it 3 ways and that is exactly what we did.

I gave my friend 1/2 of mine that he helped with. He helped me butcher it as well.

1/2 is fair

When I back packed, shooter got the hide and horns, the rest was, YOU PACK IT YOU KEEP IT.

I've given him 1/2.
He was shocked.

Hey................It's Chrismas!!

My friends and I never have to discuss this we help because we want to help and enjoy the hunt with each other. 1/2 1/4 whats the big deal as long as you enjoyed the hunt together. If you feel obligated why is he your friend. If you feel like you gave him your honey hole and all that nonsense then it seems like you feel you gave him enough. It really is not about who gets what is it? If so find someone you really like to be in the woods with or go alone like you used to.:confused0024:

That's what Friends do. It will come back to you. I strive to be as generous as my Hunting friends are to me.

Our rule is simple.Or hunting crew can get big in numbers,It can be small, but no matter how many hunters and the number of game killed,All meat gets gets divided equally, even the cost of processing or the time put in to cut and wrap it up.If. You don't want any, don't pay, DON'T GO .The hunter who kills the animal gets to display the rack ,at his cost.LOL. But yeah, that's how we do it.Every year is different as far as what we want for cuts, but we hash it out over a bunch of beer the night before the hunt starts, if you arrive a day late cause of work or distance, or whatever,late is late.You live by that decision. If you are a no show you get none.There has been 1 execption. One person wife has cancer she is battling, and he would have been at camp but couldn't. We included what would be his equal portion of the meat, at no cost to him.But yeah that's how we do it. As soon as a kill is made we all jump in, it's a team effort.And the best part is, when we go to the butcher, they just love the way we have treated our meat (with care given), and we know exactly the sizes of pkging, we want and types of cuts we want, and how we want it wrapped.It's easy on the butcher and on us.The bill is given to us on pick up, usually a 10 day wait,call is made to my cousin, he notifies us the overall cost,we all
pool in the same amount of money and get the same amount of meat.

I would say give him at least 1/3 total. If you do that he will be happy to help you pack it out next time too. Big animals are hard to do by yourself.

A elk is a big animal. How much would you have lost if he wasnt there to help you get it out?

Like I said . . . I'm used to hunting all by myself (for over 10 years). So I would not have lost anything.
I was just out of touch on hunting with someone etiguette wise.

Hello,
We have always split it up evenly. It is something to discuss beforehand.