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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: AKBowman on December 18, 2010, 05:34:32 PM

Title: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: AKBowman on December 18, 2010, 05:34:32 PM: Never eaten Roosie but i know Rocky Mtn is damn good stuff. Which do you prefer?
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: Bob33 on December 18, 2010, 05:42:25 PM: I think there is far more variation from one elk to another than there is from Rocky Mtn to Roosevelt. A sample of a few Roosevelts to a few Rocky Mountains is probably not very meaningful. I've had both, and can't tell there is any difference. I've seen far more variations between two Rocky Mtn elk than I have from on sub specie to the other.
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: willapawapiti on December 18, 2010, 08:04:13 PM: Grown up eating Roosie, always loved it, but my brother's 2009 rifle draw Wenaha bull was the best yet! :dunno:
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: kenzmad on December 18, 2010, 09:15:22 PM: dad took a calf rosie from the coweeman area a couple of years back that was STRONG. she was hard to eat. a cow out of the same area the next year was prime table fare. go figure? I havent eaten a rocky yet but I agree that there is alot of variance in the same species as well as from those from differing parts of the state.

kenzmad
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: AKBowman on December 19, 2010, 11:30:50 AM: Quote from: Bob33 on December 18, 2010, 05:42:25 PM
I think there is far more variation from one elk to another than there is from Rocky Mtn to Roosevelt. A sample of a few Roosevelts to a few Rocky Mountains is probably not very meaningful. I've had both, and can't tell there is any difference. I've seen far more variations between two Rocky Mtn elk than I have from on sub specie to the other.

Of course there is a lot of variation from one elk to another I wasnt asking that. I think that its pretty obvious that the same elk species can taste differently depending on about 1,000 different reasonings. I'm talking about the general taste between species, I have heard that you can tell the difference between them and many prefer Roosevelt. This looks to be the case based off of the pole.
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: Bigshooter on December 19, 2010, 12:14:33 PM: I have ate both and there is no difference.
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: C-Money on December 20, 2010, 07:34:58 AM: Diet! This will make all the difference!
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: high country on December 20, 2010, 07:45:19 AM: I killed both 2 years ago. I could tell no difference in taste. nor could the women in my house, who by and large can smell and tase better then a bloodhound.
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: bow4elk on December 20, 2010, 08:05:22 AM: Quote from: Bob33 on December 18, 2010, 05:42:25 PM
I think there is far more variation from one elk to another than there is from Rocky Mtn to Roosevelt. A sample of a few Roosevelts to a few Rocky Mountains is probably not very meaningful. I've had both, and can't tell there is any difference. I've seen far more variations between two Rocky Mtn elk than I have from on sub specie to the other.

Precisely. ;)
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: Buckrub on December 20, 2010, 08:33:46 AM: How does hoof rot elk taste? :yike:

Rocky mountain cows are tasty...
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: Lightning_Rider on December 20, 2010, 09:08:46 AM: All's i've ever know was roosevelts until this year...i would say Rockies take the cake on this one.
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: WSU on December 20, 2010, 09:41:44 AM: I've eaten both, and can't tell the difference. Spike rocky one year and a spike roosy the next, and I don't think there is a difference. As said above, it varies from elk to elk in the same subspecies. I'm sure this makes it harder to get a straight answer.
Title: Re: Roosevelt VS Rocky mtn
Post by: Mike450r on December 20, 2010, 09:55:08 AM: I have eaten a lot of both and can't say that I can tell the difference based on species. Good is good and bad is bad. The most important factor to me has always been how fast they die, just as important as how you care for the meat in my opinion. The best I ever had was a dead before she hit the ground cow and the worst was an archery cow that took awhile to expire.