My first elk hunt!
09-24-2021, 03:12 PM
#21
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 15,424
Cow elk can get that big? That’s heavy! How many pounds of meat was on it?
By the way, I failed to say this when I first posted. I’m not really a trophy hunter, I just try to get extra food for my family by hunting legally. That’s all. If the elk has a big rack, that’s a bonus.
I may need to get a new freezer if I get an elk! My current freezer is already full of other food.
By the way, I failed to say this when I first posted. I’m not really a trophy hunter, I just try to get extra food for my family by hunting legally. That’s all. If the elk has a big rack, that’s a bonus.
I may need to get a new freezer if I get an elk! My current freezer is already full of other food.
09-24-2021, 03:17 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location:
Posts: 1,693
Cow elk can get that big? That’s heavy! How many pounds of meat was on it?
By the way, I failed to say this when I first posted. I’m not really a trophy hunter, I just try to get extra food for my family by hunting legally. That’s all. If the elk has a big rack, that’s a bonus.
I may need to get a new freezer if I get an elk! My current freezer is already full of other food.
By the way, I failed to say this when I first posted. I’m not really a trophy hunter, I just try to get extra food for my family by hunting legally. That’s all. If the elk has a big rack, that’s a bonus.
I may need to get a new freezer if I get an elk! My current freezer is already full of other food.
09-25-2021, 04:21 AM
#27
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 15,424
Go with an upright. That way it is easier to find what you want. My first freezer was an ice-cream freezer out of a store , a friend gave it to me, the price was right and I didn't have a freezer. My wife is short and she hated the thing because when she was looking for something she would be leaning over the freezer with her feet almost off the ground. She was so happy when the thing crapped out. I have 2 uprights now. Just to give you an idea of the size of a cow elk----
This is how you get them out whole
This is how you get them out whole
Last edited by Oldtimr; 09-25-2021 at 07:47 AM.
09-25-2021, 01:39 PM
#29
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,570
I got 2 uprights in the cellar just for garden stuff along with fish and game. Parents had a chest freezer when I was a kid and from what I remember it was a pain to dig stuff out. Things on the bottom seem to stay there and get real old and frosty. Nice looking elk OT.
09-26-2021, 01:09 PM
#30
Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern California
Posts: 18,380
I use an upright and agree with the above points about ease of use for getting a package out of the freezer. I rarely lose power here so items remaining frozen are not an issue. I have considered getting a chest freezer also but just for heads and hides.
