To those of you who have shot a cow elk?

[WSU]

My bull from last year was hung for 4 days. It was September so it wasn't getting to cool at night. Tender and eats just fine.

Did your head smell like elk piss for a week?  The scent wafer on the hat had to be pleasant...

[Mike450r]

I have killed more than a few elk and the better they die, the better they taste.  A dead right there elk will always taste better than one that runs off and has to think about dieing. 

[Encore 280]

Mike

I have to agree with you. Anymore I try for head or neck shots with my deer cuz I'm really tired of wasting meat and cleaning away blood shot meat from shot up shoulders. Plus like you say, when they drop right there and that's it, there's no andrenalin that's been pumpin away and no muscles that have been tensed up. I was gonna go for the head with the cow I got this year but got nervous and went for the shoulder. She ran about 100ft and that was it. We've had some backstraps and round steaks and they're a little bit on the tough side but other than that they taste awesome. A nice glass of Merlot helps too. :)Hopefully next year things will work out better if I'm lucky.

[HairTrigger]

 
I agree they tastier the faster they die the heart an.liver are good too!!

[PA BEN]

My bull from last year was hung for 4 days. It was September so it wasn't getting to cool at night. Tender and eats just fine.

Did your head smell like elk piss for a week?  The scent wafer on the hat had to be pleasant...

Have you ever hunted elk in the rut? BTW, you get use to the smell