coles Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 well you asked what a truckload of elk looked like and i just figured out how to scan pics so here they are. we had one more elk but dropped it off at another butcher. so there was 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** That outta be against the law right there!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** why is that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** It was a joke!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** i was just makin sure...cuz we got alot of crap for "shooting this many bulls out of one herd." i just say the guys that said that were jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** Heck, I AM jealous!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** yeah but they talked bad about us and tried to make us feel like we did something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstringking Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** [ QUOTE ] Heck, I AM jealous!!!!! [/ QUOTE ] ME TOO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** That is one truck-O-meat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** That just looks like a great morning to me. Congrats to you and your family on the great bulls coles! Who cares what those guys said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** Nice. How did you get those big brutes in the truck? Geesh, the elk here go 700 - 800 lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted March 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** we used our muscles. no seriously there was 13 guys there. so we had plenty of help. it was also unseasonably warm so we had to get home fast so they didnt spoil. and also the one that we dropped off first, the butcher didnt put it in the cooler fast enough and it spoiled. and my uncle didnt get anything from it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** That is a lot of BULL! Congratulations to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelk44 Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** COOL PICS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Heck, I AM jealous!!!!! [/ QUOTE ] ME TOO [/ QUOTE ] Me three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WABS Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** Great looking pick-up!! One of the things I learned when I went out to MT two years ago elk hunting was how quickly an elk will start to spoil if you don't get them cooled down quick. As a lifetime whitetail hunter I'm used to just being concerned with field dressing as soon as possible and then hanging them when you get around to it. Elk are much more time sensitive according to what the Outfitter was telling me. Maybe some of you Western Elk hunters can shed a little more light on this. Or was the Outfitter telling me a fib? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** i bet the wheel wells were almost rubbing the tire lol thats a ton of elk, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted March 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** it was a one ton pickup so it wasnt saggin too bad. but any meat is goin to spoil if you leave it out. i really dont know if elk are more prone to spoiling fast but it got up to at least 70 degrees that day so we were pretty worried. especially because they were laying on top of each other back there. no way to circulate air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tecumseh Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** Cool pics!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HoppeMan Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** [ QUOTE ] Heck, I AM jealous!!!!! [/ QUOTE ] As if anyone isn't Take care, Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** WOW!! You guys had a heck of a morning!! Congrats!! Yeah I'm jealous too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** [ QUOTE ] we used our muscles. no seriously there was 13 guys there. so we had plenty of help. it was also unseasonably warm so we had to get home fast so they didnt spoil. and also the one that we dropped off first, the butcher didnt put it in the cooler fast enough and it spoiled. and my uncle didnt get anything from it.... [/ QUOTE ] That's one of the biggest problems hunting "BIG" game like moose, Elk, etc. Bone sour can happen very quickly is the meat isn't opened up to cool quickly. It starts going bad from the bone outward, because of the heat contained within the meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** Also on an elk, you have to get the windpipe out ASAP because it acts like an insulator and will sour the neck real quick! Once the neck goes, it won't take long for the rest of the meat to go also! I will always gut and skin any big game animal as soon as I can! Get it to the locker plant and they can cool it down. Never had a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** I am a little confused because there are two different trucks. I also have mixed feelings on taking that many mature bulls out of one herd. Other than that, it looks like you guys had one heck of a day. As for elk, or any large animal, the size of the animal results in a lot of heat retention and faster spoilage. In my hunting haunts you are not getting a whole elk in the back of a truck because the truck is often miles away with no road from one to the other. You might get lucky and get one near the road but I wouldn't count on it. If you have to, get it skinned and boned out and cooled down as much and as fast as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Re: for huntinguide **PICS OF TRUCKLOAD OF ELK** the herd had about 200 animals in it and we only saw i think 75 of them. my dad and i both shot 6x6s out of that group and my brother also shot his little raghorn out of that group cuz he thought it was bigger. as for the red truck...it was another mans truck. he was with my dad, brother and i and he and a kid he broght also shot cows in the same place. so we were just putting them in his truck to bring them down to the road where we could load them in my uncles truck. my uncles truck was the tan ford. in the back of the red truck is my bull, my brothers bull and the other mans cow. then we just put the right elk in the right truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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