1 determined Elk Hunter

[upper]

Yea you guys we don't need another Canundrum.........Upper

 

[Buck Hunter Vic]

This sure wasn't intended to stir up anything, just a picture I got sent to me this morning, and I thought it was a good intent on the hunter's part to get the Elk, out of where he got it. No matter how he could.

 

[Kim]

He probably had his winch installed inside the jeep so nobody will steal it.

 

[Vermonster]

In Vermont, you used to have to keep part of the animal visible. Don't know if it's still that way, but it used to be the law......

Here's a good one too, from a few years ago.....

 

[dirtpoor]

2 years ago in Pagosa Colorado I got my 5x5 about 90% into my Geo Tracker and drove to the butcher, you do what you have to do, you save a lot of meat by not quartering if you don't have to.

 

[scr83jp]

It's a JEEP thing you have to own one to appreciate its usefulness ! I've had several mule deer over the years & a quartered elk in my Scrambler in addition to all of my 4x4 gear. I saw a white jeep cherokee with a cow elk on the roof as the hunters were delivering to Perkies Packing House in Meeker,CO the white jeep had a red top & sides when I commented on the blood the hunters told me they it was an airport a rental from Denver.

 

[Norcal Hunting Kid]

went hunting in B-1 and my uncle got a buck. Saw a warden to countersign it in the field (not yet to the city) and he told us to cover it up. was on the roof of a jeep bad so had no other way of transporting it. Did it and we were on our way

 

[elkguys]

the jeep must have been in rev and ramed it lol In Idaho your proud to show it off as you drive back thru town we never cover it but when comming back into ca we leave just the horns out

 

[MULIES4EVER]

Here in Utah it used to be that if you drove into town and had a deer displayed you were a hero. Everybody honked and waved. It is mostly still that way but we have had too many out of staters move in and decided they didnt like what they saw. Now to keep the masses happy we are encouraged to not let our deer be seen. What a crock!!

 

[Coues]

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Not necessarily...if up North, it's pretty darned cold and would take a while to spoil. I hope they shot it, backed up to it, and will have it in a locker quick enough. There are plenty of spots here in the West where you can take your elk, drive up to it, load it and let the processing facility do the rest.[/b]

The first time I ever went elk hunting I killed a spike near Williams, AZ. It was the week before Thanksgiving and it was COLD. The morning I shot him, the radio station in Flagstaff reported -5 degrees when we left the hotel room at 5:00 am. I killed him at around 7:00 am, so you know it was still around zero. There was 10" of snow on the ground. We gutted him as soon as he died, propped his chest open with a stick then left to go find my buddy an elk. We thought forsure that it was too cold to spoil. We came back about 11:00, load him in the truck and took him to a tree to skin. The meat next to the bone was green. The processor told me that when it's real cold, they get a lot of spoiled meat because people think they can leave the skin on and it will still be safe. That skin keeps elk warm down to -20 degrees. The elk in that picture is wasted. When you see those TV shows and they kill an elk in Sept and then leave it overnight so they can get pics/video in the daylight. I guarantee that elk is wasted.

 

[wmidbrook]

Well, I shot a cow at last light 2 years back...gutted it and hauled out 1 quarter. I used the gutless method so there was still some skin on the neck, backstraps and front quarter. I got back there @ 7:00 a.m. when it was around 20 degrees and opened up the cape around the neck and got the other quarter. No green meat. So, your mileage may vary I suppose. But, you are right that it's best to cool meat off right away...the area around the neck is real thick with fur. Maybe it's because I got all the lung and wind pipe out that there was no neck spoilage.

 

[AZ Jim]

Cool picture !!

Show it off and be proud.

The meat will be OK if it is cold enough and he gets it to the butcher soon. Probably had to stop and get some coffee on the way. I had a Jeep Cherokee - no room inside for a big critter with all of my hunting gear and the kids so many elk and deer rode on the roof. Got way more thumbs up than sneers over the years. If I shot them in the mornings and it was cold enough I would rush them to the butcher as soon as they were loaded. Just stop and stuff the body cavity, hams, shoulders and neck with ice and go for it. Never lost any meat. If it was warmer, I would take it to camp hang it and skin it. Let it cool over night, ice it and bring it in the morning. Besides leaving the skin on during transport keeps it clean. Just make sure you keep it cold.

P.S. when you haul an elk on the roof of a Cherokee, you have to lay on the back seat and kick the roof back in shape from the inside every time.

AZ Jim