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03-10-2011, 02:23 PM
#21
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 6,575
How much meat are you going to get from a cow elk, maybe 150lbs?
If all I wanted was to hunt/meat, paying $300 for my main tag/cow is barely acceptable IMO, but if I'm going bull elk hunting, and I can toss on a 2nd tag for $350 at a chance that I may get a shot at a cow...
03-10-2011, 02:39 PM
#23
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 6,575
well give me some #'s....
150lbs for a cow elk? sound like alot, I've heard you get 150 from a big bull elk...so is 125 or 100lbs more accurate for a cow elk of edible meat?
so $350/ 100lbs, add to that price for butchering, how much is that?
plus you have to find an elk and kill it.
less you're a resident I see no deal on meat...
150lbs for a cow elk? sound like alot, I've heard you get 150 from a big bull elk...so is 125 or 100lbs more accurate for a cow elk of edible meat?
so $350/ 100lbs, add to that price for butchering, how much is that?
plus you have to find an elk and kill it.
less you're a resident I see no deal on meat...
03-10-2011, 03:53 PM
#25
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,605
I pay the going rate for non res bull and or cow tags with never a guarantee of even seeing one. That is hunting and buying the tags allows me to hunt. I really don't care what it cost and I would never try to justify the cost as a per pound issue. I have come home from Colorado with an empty cooler as well as a full one and both scenarios were a great time. Being there and in the game is what drives me to make the trip.
03-10-2011, 04:09 PM
#26
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
I pay the going rate for non res bull and or cow tags with never a guarantee of even seeing one. That is hunting and buying the tags allows me to hunt. I really don't care what it cost and I would never try to justify the cost as a per pound issue. I have come home from Colorado with an empty cooler as well as a full one and both scenarios were a great time. Being there and in the game is what drives me to make the trip.
I give you guys a lot of credit that can come here from out of state and get an elk.
03-11-2011, 08:39 AM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Central VT/Big Horn WY
Posts: 1,543
C.I. and I hunt DIY together in Colorado. We are not at a disadvantage considering where we hunt. We have gone to the same area for 5 years now and know it pretty well. There hasn't been a year in which we haven't seen elk or deer. They are still free ranging wild animals so a tag isn't always filled but the chase of part of the fun.
Regarding size, we have taken 4 cows which seem to yield around 160lbs of meat each. The largest bull I have taken was 240lbs of meat. It all depends on how well you take care of the meat and how well you bone out the animal. We have been butchering them ourselves, so there is no cost for butchering other than paper, tape, and freezer bags. The local butcher near where we hunt charges .70 cents per pound hanging quarter to process.
Regarding size, we have taken 4 cows which seem to yield around 160lbs of meat each. The largest bull I have taken was 240lbs of meat. It all depends on how well you take care of the meat and how well you bone out the animal. We have been butchering them ourselves, so there is no cost for butchering other than paper, tape, and freezer bags. The local butcher near where we hunt charges .70 cents per pound hanging quarter to process.
03-11-2011, 10:20 AM
#28
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
C.I. and I hunt DIY together in Colorado. We are not at a disadvantage considering where we hunt. We have gone to the same area for 5 years now and know it pretty well. There hasn't been a year in which we haven't seen elk or deer. They are still free ranging wild animals so a tag isn't always filled but the chase of part of the fun.
Regarding size, we have taken 4 cows which seem to yield around 160lbs of meat each. The largest bull I have taken was 240lbs of meat. It all depends on how well you take care of the meat and how well you bone out the animal. We have been butchering them ourselves, so there is no cost for butchering other than paper, tape, and freezer bags. The local butcher near where we hunt charges .70 cents per pound hanging quarter to process.
Regarding size, we have taken 4 cows which seem to yield around 160lbs of meat each. The largest bull I have taken was 240lbs of meat. It all depends on how well you take care of the meat and how well you bone out the animal. We have been butchering them ourselves, so there is no cost for butchering other than paper, tape, and freezer bags. The local butcher near where we hunt charges .70 cents per pound hanging quarter to process.