Quarter or De Bone?

It depends on the weather and how far I am to the truck if I de-bone.

I have NEVER, EVER put a whole elk in my truck.... always butcher on the spot.
Maybe I hunt too far from the truck...:)

My son is a big help tho

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In archery season we like to de-bone when we can.
Sometimes we just do it back in camp.

But we ALWAYS do the 'gutless' method!

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De boned. But if I have time and not too far from the trail head, I like quartering because I have not perfected the art of de boning and keeping the meat super clean. 90% of the time I'm de boning.
 
Still old school here.Will pack out full hinds and bone out the rest and hang a meatpole..........
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Yep I do! If it is within a mile or 2 of the truck I will quarter. If further than I will debone. Quartering allows less meat to be wasted.
 
In my November cow hunts, I just half the elk and take them out like this...

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Back when I did the 'horse thing..."

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This cart takes no feed to carry an half an elk...

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We do a little of everything. I packed out 3 bulls this year. One was quartered (1/4 mile from the bikes), one was deboned (8+ miles from the truck) and one was halved (ended up dying 100 yards from the bikes).

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