What to do with all that meat?

[SD220]

I'm feeling optimistic about my first elk hunt coming up in just a few short days. To that point am trying to decide what I want to do with all the meat. I already have the meat locker lined up but have no idea what to tell them to do with the meat once I get it there. How much meat can I expect from an average bull? I thought I'd probably just tell them I want all the steaks and roasts I can get and have them grind rest. I would like some sticks, jerky, and sausage too. How much do you guys get turned into that sort of stuff? I know its different for everybody I'm just trying to get an idea.

[Drawnandpinned]

Well once all broken down due boned and gutted with no hide I would say there won't be as much as u think but for tenderloin or backstraps butterfly them into great steaks and have ur prossesor do a few diffrent thing for you to see what you like best brats jerky burger ect.

[Drawnandpinned]

Well once all broken down de boned and gutted with no hide I would say there won't be as much as u think but for tenderloin or backstraps butterfly them into great steaks and have ur prossesor do a few diffrent thing for you to see what you like best brats jerky burger ect.

[Drawnandpinned]

Sorry posted twice (dumb) me lol

[Triplebhunters]

I love optimism!!!

Stew meat, two pound pkg.
rump steaks, 1/2 in thick then run through the cuber twice. If they don't cube buy you own cuber.
Roast, 4 lb pkg
Burger, 1lb pkg.

Happy Hunting

[Duck-Slayer]

I process all my own meat, so this is what I do, I plan for a year's worth of meat every hunting season, I generally do 1 lb. bags of hamburger, all the backstraps and and some of the rump is made into steaks. I do 1 roast from each rump also. Now that's my process, when I want sausage I get the pre-mix form the store and mix it in with 1 lb. hamburger, that's all sausage is. Same with jerky, when I feel like some get the mix from the store, mix with the burger, shoot throu the jerky gun, smoke and done. So if I would go throu a processor, I would cut the tenderloins into butterfly steaks, and cut the roast's out, than have him grind the rest and make your brat's and snack sticks, I would make my own sausage, that's just me, many good books out there and DVD's about cutting your own meat up. This will save some $ at the processor also. Good Luck!
Matt

[Lefty]

We keep everything as packed meat, steak roast stew and burger.
My neighbors wife everything goes into burger, (7 kids)

[SD220]

Some good advice and tips. Thanks guys. I do process all my deer myself but I'm just a little intimidated with an entire elk.

[zpd307]

we do a lot of hamburger also, 3 boys.... backstrap steaks and a couple of roasts is all. this was what I did with 2010 Utah cow elk and what I always do with wt deer. hamburger is expensive in the store!