How many lbs of elk meat have you gotten?

[Axle]

There is a similar subject in the deer thread so I though we should have one here.

Big or small, how many lbs of meat have you gotten off your elk? Or hanging weight? Or field dressed? Be specific and no wild guesses please.

I'll start off with a few of mine. I only weight the meat after processing.

Biggest cow elk gave me 276 lbs of meat only. I got her over by Pe ell. Had her hide tanned and it squared 28 feet.

Got one by the coast that gave out 232 lbs.

Cows from the desolation unit in Oregon have been a bit smaller. I've gotten 156 lbs off of two of them and 167 off one and 168 off another. I have not weighed the meat from the bulls I have harvested.

[bowtech721]

I got 453 pounds back from the meat processor on my archery bull this year... he was BIG bodied but its my only elk so i dont really have anything to really compare it too

[C-Money]

My Colockum Spike weighed 212lbs hanging . I think the Butcher at Block 40 meats shorted me, cause I only got 4 LITTLE boxes of meat back .Plus he had a crappy attitude and charged me a $1 a pound to do a basic cut/wrap. $212 for a cut/wrap and I got little meat.  What do you do, you never know what goes on when you trust you animal to a stranger. I would like to think the guy is honest, but, I will never take an animal, game or livestock to block 40 meats.

[Bronson]

My buddy and I got 278lbs of boneless meat from this years west side archery bull.

[DOUBLELUNG]

These are trimmed meat-only weights before packaging, except the last which is packaged, all from Wyoming elk:
Spike, 108lbs
Female calf, 76 lbs
Adult cow est. 6 y.o., 135 lbs
6pt bull (4 y.o.), 260lbs

[Woodchuck]

my cow this year hung at 320, she was short one backstrap at the time of hanging

[MagKarl]

453lbs of meat is a lot, like bull moose big.  Wow.

I've only weighed the meat from two elk.  

Cow, 145lbs boneless, completely trimmed, straight burger with no fat added.  From Williams Creek unit.

4x5 bull from Toutle this year gave up 220lbs, also boneless, completely trimmed, and no fat in the burger.

These weights are saran wrap and paper packages, so a few lbs is wrapper.  I filled a big Rubbermaid tub and stood on my scale, repeat, then weigh myself and the tub and subtract.  

[KNOPHISH]

My 1st bull was 425 dressed with no neck, My last cow was 325 dressed.

[Gobble]

The only 2 cow elk I weighed I got 336 lbs of meat out of one and 335 lbs of meat out of the other, both were big mature cows

[rougheye]

I always was told that you get about one third just meat and the other two thirds are head , hide , guts and bone .    I know thats not exact but if it is closem you guys are shootin some damn big cows .

The only 2 cow elk I weighed I got 336 lbs of meat out of one and 335 lbs of meat out of the other, both were big mature cows

Like close to 1000 lbs . Thats huge

[carpsniperg2]

i would say right at 80lbs off my calf all cut wrapped and trimed up ready to be ate

[Hornseeker]

I will let you know shortly...I'm cutting meat today... 6 point bull... I'm guessing right around 200# of pure meat. I weighed everything I brought off the hill and came up with #263... I suspect I'll have 40# of bone and trimmed stuff???

Let ya know soon... (2-3hrs)

E

[HUNT]

380 lbs of pure meat off my 6 pt bull this year.

[MAVsled]

my 09-spike quarters, meat & bones only, weighed around 270-280lbs. The rear quarters were the heaviest.
I estimate getting about 140+lbs meat. Some for steaks, roasts and lots for sausage etc.

[duckmen1]

380lbs on 5x5 hanging at butcher