How much do elk weigh?
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Sounds like a lot of Bull! 
1800 #’s would be a record Bull moose.
This is from the Rocket Mountain Elk Foundation:
Elk Facts | Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
I’ve take 3 bulls in Colorado, but never weighted one. A decent bull yields around 200 pounds of meat.
1800 #’s would be a record Bull moose.
This is from the Rocket Mountain Elk Foundation:
Elk Facts | Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
I’ve take 3 bulls in Colorado, but never weighted one. A decent bull yields around 200 pounds of meat.
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I think 700-730 lbs. is an accepted average weight for a mature Rocky Mountain bull elk. Many don't get weighed but a gutted carcass with legs, head, and antlers attached is around 500-520 lbs. on the scale in the skinning shed. This will yield somewhere around 250-260 lbs. of boneless, packaged meat.
Few of us are good weight estimators. I recall a Colorado guide that estimated the live weight of an approximate 550 lb. bull at 1,000 lbs. An amateur can do better than that.
Few of us are good weight estimators. I recall a Colorado guide that estimated the live weight of an approximate 550 lb. bull at 1,000 lbs. An amateur can do better than that.
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If could have been one of these- and tasty as homemade pastry-
Most Black Angus cattle are medium to large, naturally polled with large muscle content. Average body weight for bulls is about 1,870 pounds, while cows weigh in at 1,200.
Most Black Angus cattle are medium to large, naturally polled with large muscle content. Average body weight for bulls is about 1,870 pounds, while cows weigh in at 1,200.
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According to studies done by the University of Wyoming (I think) ... if you can weigh a gutted carcass, multiply that figure by 1.42 for a pretty close approximation of live weight.
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I've shot two elk that we actually weighed before field dressing, mainly out of curiosity. One was a pretty large Colorado 5x5 that was 702 lbs, and the other a really big South Dakota cow that went 585. I've owned quarter horses all my life, and typically they are in the 900 to 1200 pound range. I've never seen an elk with a body as big as the average horse, let alone one at 1700 plus pounds.
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Back in the day I guided Colorado hunters, we would routinely agree with whatever weight our dudes assigned to their trophies. Most imagined their elk weighed 750 pounds or more.
No point arguing: the dudes weren’t the ones packing out the game. The bigger their trophy, the better for all concerned!
The son of another friend only missed by nearly a thousand pounds.
An average mature bull weighs about 900 pounds. I killed 2 spike
bulls one time and a friend and I was able to lift their dressed out
carcusses up onto the jeep.
An average mature bull weighs about 900 pounds. I killed 2 spike
bulls one time and a friend and I was able to lift their dressed out
carcusses up onto the jeep.
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How much do elk weigh?
Depends on how big it is.
The big uns weigh more than the little uns.
The really big uns weigh way more.
Does that help?
Depends on how big it is.
The big uns weigh more than the little uns.
The really big uns weigh way more.
Does that help?
How much do elk weigh?
Depends on how big it is.
The big uns weigh more than the little uns.
The really big uns weigh way more.
Does that help?
Nope, didn’t help a bit
It's amazing how much weight a animal can gain before it makes it to camp. My one and only bull elk weighed in at slightly over 200 dressed, and I thought he was huge. We had a hunter that had a meat processing business, and he could estimate on-the-hoof weight within a few pounds.
How much do they weigh?
My understanding is that they weigh every morning before taking a shower.
John
My understanding is that they weigh every morning before taking a shower.
John
CAJUNLAWYER
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Did he weigh it with or without the saddle??
More than deer and less than moose . . .
How much do elk weigh?
Depends on how big it is.
The big uns weigh more than the little uns.
The really big uns weigh way more.
Does that help?
More than a hen.
LVSteve
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I don't hunt, but I'll bet all Elk weigh too much when you're 2 miles away from a decent trail and at 9000' altitude.
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Laden or unladen?
