Elk Steaks For Christmas Dinner

rnewste · December 23, 2014

Younger son was on an Elk hunt in northern New Mexico today and bagged a big one:

Looks like we will have a good Christmas Dinner this year!

Raybo

heirloomtomaguy · December 23, 2014

Heck ya that's what i'm talkin' about. I'm down to my last pound of ground elk that a buddy of mine gave me.

ddsack · December 23, 2014

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Looks like we will have a good Christmas Dinner this year!

Raybo

And many dinners to come! Congratulations to your young hunter on a successful hunt!

Worth1 · December 23, 2014

I knew some guys from Louisiana that saw elk for the first time.
They said they were antelope.

Nice cow at least I think it is a cow, eat some for me.

Worth

SummerSky · December 23, 2014

Congrats!

rnewste · December 23, 2014

Worth,

His License was for a cow.

He had come home empty handed from the hunt the past 2 years, so I was kidding him as he left on Saturday that the "score" was: Elk=2; Jimmy=0. So, I guess I will have to change the score when he comes home with this one.

Raybo

JamesL · December 23, 2014

That's awesome Ray! A nice marinated roast or even better some back straps....

reddeheddefarm · December 28, 2014

I've never thought of using a pointer for elk. Do elk hold like pheasants? Also, I hunt a springer, they are a flushing breed. Think it will work? Nice elk by the way

Worth1 · December 28, 2014

If I had elk I would have one of these.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...,d.aWw&cad=rja

I had the opportunity to meet one of these one time, what a great dog.

Worth

Irv Wiseguy · December 28, 2014

I've never eaten elk. What does it taste like?

I hope you don't say chicken.

Irv

Worth1 · December 28, 2014

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Originally Posted by Irv Wiseguy

I've never eaten elk. What does it taste like?

I hope you don't say chicken.

Irv

It tastes like Mastodon but with less fat.

Worth

Bluesman · December 31, 2014

Elks can come pretty close when it´s not the hunting season.
The pic is from early September, the season started in October. Young bulls, weight ~200kg.
I got one/8 permits.
Elk meat is good! Biomeat.
We have also white-tailed deer here in Finland. Imported in 1936 from Pennsylvania.

salix · January 1, 2015

Bluesman, I wish their heads were in profile - they look to me like what we call moose with that shoulder hump. I have read that there is some degree of confusion in names of the large ungulates between North America and northern Europe/Scandinavia.

And if they are indeed 'moose', yes, they seem to know just when it is safe to come close. We have them on our back deck occasionally - it helps them to reach various shrubs for pruning.

Bluesman · January 1, 2015

Well, in North America the elk is called a moose and it is different from its European cousin. A lot bigger in size and the horns are really huge compared to these guys in my pic. The meat is as good but you get double amount when you get a moose down.

SteveS · January 1, 2015

I've had elk before, there's a fellow who raises them locally.
I really enjoy it, I would describe it as tasting like a cross of venison & beef, better than bison for sure!

December 23, 2014	#1
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	Elk Steaks For Christmas Dinner Younger son was on an Elk hunt in northern New Mexico today and bagged a big one: Looks like we will have a good Christmas Dinner this year! Raybo

December 23, 2014	#2
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	Heck ya that's what i'm talkin' about. I'm down to my last pound of ground elk that a buddy of mine gave me. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

January 1, 2015	#13
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Bluesman, I wish their heads were in profile - they look to me like what we call moose with that shoulder hump. I have read that there is some degree of confusion in names of the large ungulates between North America and northern Europe/Scandinavia. And if they are indeed 'moose', yes, they seem to know just when it is safe to come close. We have them on our back deck occasionally - it helps them to reach various shrubs for pruning. __________________ "He who has a library and a garden wants for nothing." -Cicero

December 23, 2014	#4
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I knew some guys from Louisiana that saw elk for the first time. They said they were antelope. Nice cow at least I think it is a cow, eat some for me. Worth

December 23, 2014	#5
SummerSky Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Michigan Posts: 126	Congrats!

December 23, 2014	#7
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	That's awesome Ray! A nice marinated roast or even better some back straps....

December 28, 2014	#8
reddeheddefarm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: delaware ohio Posts: 81	I've never thought of using a pointer for elk. Do elk hold like pheasants? Also, I hunt a springer, they are a flushing breed. Think it will work? Nice elk by the way

December 28, 2014	#10
Irv Wiseguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 281	I've never eaten elk. What does it taste like? I hope you don't say chicken. Irv

December 31, 2014	#12
Bluesman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Finland Posts: 47	Elks can come pretty close when it´s not the hunting season. The pic is from early September, the season started in October. Young bulls, weight ~200kg. I got one/8 permits. Elk meat is good! Biomeat. We have also white-tailed deer here in Finland. Imported in 1936 from Pennsylvania.

January 1, 2015	#15
SteveS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 123	I've had elk before, there's a fellow who raises them locally. I really enjoy it, I would describe it as tasting like a cross of venison & beef, better than bison for sure!