Elk boned out weight

[Nickoftime]

This is a topic I have thought of for a little bit about, a bull elk boned out weight. I've heard around 200 - 250 for a decent size elk. What have you guys experienced?

 

[Geewhiz]

201 lbs per processer. What I would say was an average sized rocky mtn bull elk.

Plan on four 50-60 lb quarters plus head/rack/cape.

 

[5MilesBack]

I've gotten 200lbs from some and 250+ from others. I think if you shoot a decent mature 6x6 you should easily see 250+ if you take all the meat. A spike will be a lot less, and raghorns somewhere in between.

 

[Crowmangler]

200 + is about right... if flying you should budget for four boxes @ 50lb each

Just remember, it's not like a deer where some people only take the back straps, front & rear quarters. Get all the meat off you possibly can... especially the neck, brisket & flank

 

[Elkfitness]

Yep. That weight sounds about right. Lots of meat on elk, and it’s all great!


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[5MilesBack]

I even like to get the meat between each rib if I have time.

 

[wapitibob]

About right for average but I weighed one on certified scales that was 330.

 

[ODB]

I remember the first time I hefted a rear elk quarter. My cousin said, "Go grab that last quarter from the truck and bring it to the barn."

I grabbed it by the hoof, slid it towards me, and when I went to slide and lift it off the tailgate it dropped straight onto my foot.

My cousin still laughs about that.

Point being...yeah - there's a lot of meat on those bones...

 

[kentuckybowman]

201 lbs per processer. What I would say was an average sized rocky mtn bull elk.

Plan on four 50-60 lb quarters plus head/rack/cape.

Depends on how much high temp cheese you add to the snack sticks! could be an extra 25 pounds!

 

[PNW bow hunter]

Spikes 150ish

raghorns small 5s &6’s somewhere around 200-250

big bodied mature bulls 275 and up

We have got a couple in very limited draw Oregon units that were right at 300lbs of boned out meat.

My buddies 2019 bull out of the same unit was 390 pounds boned out. Eight 21x34 carabou gear game bags of meat weighed at my house on a hanging scale when we got home. It was unreal. I couldn’t believe just the amount of neck meat we were able to trim off, and the size of the cape.

My buddy killed a cascade bull that was 378lbs boned out.

Lots of variations, but the above seems to be a good guideline for E Oregon bulls.

 

[Firestone]

Rags 200ish. 250 for average 5 and 6 point. We packed out 320 lbs of deboned meat from a big mature six.

 

[Pgohil]

Montana 5x5 that scored 259. We had a total of 354lbs counting the head, no cape. We could have maybe scratched around and got another 5 to 10 lb of meat but that was it. Elk meat is too good to leave for the bears!

 

[Wrench]

I'd suggest banking on 65lb per rear and 45lb per front. Incidental damages will affect the rest, but plan on 50lb.

There are exceptions but typically youll be within a few percent of this.

My crew puts the hurt on elk and these numbers hold true for us. Occasionally we get a nuclear sized specimen. Here's a cow i killed with one of my buddies who was pushing 300# next to her. She was bigger than everything else in the herd.

 

[BeastOfTheTrees]

This time next month I’ll have the meat to weigh for you

 

[LostArra]

Every October expect forum posts of meat returned from processor weighing much less than what was packed out.

Good info here but expect comments of "my elk are bigger".

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[mavinwa2]

most of the weights reported above 200-250lbs are within the range that I've experienced.

My other elk weight experience: Hunting solo 2-3 miles in, takes me 4-5 round trips to pack a boned out bull, cape-head.

 

[Nickoftime]

Thanks for all the info! I've packed out elk before, sometimes 80 plus pound packs! But I'm thinking of it more in detail, since I'm having a buddy from PA who hurt his back. He probably will only be able to pack out close to 40#, so I'm gearing up my mind to pack most of it!

 

[TradLife406]

My mature Montana bull boned out with every usable bit of meat was a scaled out 250'ish.

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[feldy0725]

Montana 5x5 that scored 259. We had a total of 354lbs counting the head, no cape. We could have maybe scratched around and got another 5 to 10 lb of meat but that was it. Elk meat is too good to leave for the bears!

I 100% agree on not leaving any meat behind..how many and what size bags are those you have there @Pgohil ?
Those look like Black Ovis bags, I think I have hunter specialties, one better than another?

 

[Pgohil]

I 100% agree on not leaving any meat behind..how many and what size bags are those you have there @Pgohil ?
Those look like Black Ovis bags, I think I have hunter specialties, one better than another?

Those are the caribou bags. I think there may be a black ovis bag in there too. We are not yet quite efficient in getting our bags set up just right.

There's a post somewhere that showed how to efficiently get an entire elk into four packs but I can't find it now!