Cow Elk

[Alvie]

How many pounds of meat do get off a mature cow elk?

 

[Sled]

i usually take a younger cow and end up with just over 100lbs. the larger cows i've had were closer to 150-180. rocky mtn not roosevelt

 

[cnelk]

Some of it depends on when you hunt.
September cows can be smaller than ones in November after they pack on the pounds for winter

 

[Lee_R]

For Colo cows during muzzleloader season over the last 10 yrs, I'll echo what Sled said. 150-180 is about right.

 

[35WhelenAI]

Some of that will depend if you only take the quarters, backstrap and tenderloin or if you take the neck meat, rib sheath meat, etc that gets left behind by many hunters based on what I see in the woods every year. Trimming all the extra, per se, makes great burger and is worth 25-35 lbs.

 

[35WhelenAI]

With respect to 100 lb, what size elk are you talking about or what meat are you taking (not taking?) off the animal? With respect, I can get 25-30 lb off of pronghorn.

 

[cnelk]

I know I ain’t fighting bees or darkness to get a few strips of rib meat in September.

In November I’ll bring it all out.

 

[wapitibob]

100# is on the light side of the ones I've shot

 

[Alvie]

Thanks everyone for the reply. Just for the fun of it I was checking what I’d being being per pound of meat with cost of gas and license traveling from PA.

 

[cgasner1]

That’s probably more depressing than fun


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[Sled]

Thanks everyone for the reply. Just for the fun of it I was checking what I’d being being per pound of meat with cost of gas and license traveling from PA.

There are elk farms closer to your state. They'll sell per pound and ship it.

 

[LostArra]

Download the pdf and you will have all the elk carcass info you need

Publications | UW Extension | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources | University of Wyoming

www.wyoextension.org

 

[cusecat04]

my brother was performing this type of calculation while trout fishing a month or so ago...
it didn't end well if looking at the fishing weekend as purely to bring home food for a meal.

Vittles are a bonus.

 

[Michael Dow]

On an adult cow I would say about 170lbs.

 

[Pony Soldier]

As weighed over the years- quartered cows seem to run 65-75 lbs per quarter. Bones seem to average about 28%. Losses range from 3-8 lbs based on how picky you are and how crappy a shooter you are. Yearling cows and spikes can be lighter and calves are just really tender mule deer.

 

[Marble]

The last cow I boned out was 136. No rib meat and only partial neck. I'm sure it would have been over 150 if I had some bigger bags and better circumstances.

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[mossyoak52]

170-175 lbs

 

[BRTreedogs]

Thanks everyone for the reply. Just for the fun of it I was checking what I’d being being per pound of meat with cost of gas and license traveling from PA.

I've calculated about $5000 per pound pretty consistently over the years.

 

[shootsacreed]

Alvie, If you want cheaper meat go to the grocery store. If you want to earn the hardest meal of a lifetime and see amazing country, go elk hunting!

 

[wapitibob]

Thanks everyone for the reply. Just for the fun of it I was checking what I’d being being per pound of meat with cost of gas and license traveling from PA.

don't do that