LuketheDog
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I GAVE THEM BACK!!! Well, some of them
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I took the backstraps, neck, and tenderloins to my house and trimmed/packed those myself to save him a few dollars...
I GAVE THEM BACK!!! Well, some of them
My 2019 CO archery bull. Took all 4 quarters neck meat and backstaps to processor. Weighed meat after I got home. 143 lbs processed deliciousness.
"Bro, I'm telling you, you just shot an exceptionally small 6pt and there was just gobs of silver skin on them... just trust me 4lbs is a ton of backstrap and tenderloins are tough anyway, here see there is this whole thread about it on that hunting forum I keep talking about."
Ladies and Gentleman the bar has been set.This post prompted me to tabulate the boneless meat weights (before trimming) of some critters I've shot in the past ~15 years; 12 bull elk, 3 cow elk, and 2 Shiras moose bulls. I weighed most using a spring type scale in parts ranging from 30-60 lbs., so a lot of the numbers are totaled to the nearest 5 lbs. For some I used a fish scale which had more precision, not sure about the accuracy. In all cases the weights did not include the shanks or rib meat, but I usually left the scapula in the shoulders for easier handling. But that's a very light bone so it probably only added a few pounds. The average of 12 bull elk for me was 204 lbs., but with a huge range in size, from a puny raghorn at 140 to a big-bodied 6X6 at 295 lbs. I lost about half the neck meat of that biggest bull so he was probably well over 300, getting close to WapitiBob's bull. View attachment 119097
Cows (3) averaged to 150 lbs.
2 Shiras bull moose averaged to 363 lbs.
We'll, I ain't gonna move it. I have two days left of this elk hunt and somebody up and moved all the elk someplace else!Ladies and Gentleman the bar has been set.
Mostly due to the fact tht is weighs a heck of lot more when you haul it out on your back and you finally get to the truck. Prob a 20% gain in wieght on the trip in my estimation.....This has been a good thread. I've always wondered why folks over-estimate - and part of that is surely due to ego.
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kind of like th butcher does, eh...I GAVE THEM BACK!!! Well, some of them
After reading this thread, everyone has boned out weights. Does anyone have finished weights after trimming meat up? Or is everyone just taking all that boned out meat and processing it from there leaving the silver in the meat?
This season I brought a scale into the field for the first time, actually had two different scales for my elk hunt.
I tried to make my measurements as scientific as possible, my yields were dramatically different from the numbers people throw around. Neither of my animals were massive, but neither were dramatically small. I believe both were fairly representative of what your average hunter pulls out of the woods in Colorado.
Would you be willing to weight your meat, post a pic of the animal, and post pictures or give a short description of how you butchered.
I literally give no chitts about "oh well we usually get bla bla bla" the internet abounds in blowhards, I'm asking for some objective facts, if you can't "prove" the weight of a specific animal your info isn't of interest. Also please keep the shaming to a minimum, I'm interested in your numbers I don't care what you do or do not bring home as long as you are acting legally in your jurisdiction.
I realize this is kinda a pain the butt, so thank you to anyone that chooses to participate. All critters welcome.