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<blockquote data-quote="cross" data-source="post: 273288" data-attributes="member: 8592"><p>We almost always have to leave elk out overnight because it usually takes the better part of a day to get one out with horses or mules. That said, I don't leave until they're skinned, quartered and hung. About 15 years ago I left a 5-point bull out overnight. I split the brisket and propped him up over a log with a stick wedged in his chest to open him up as much as possible. I left him at about 3PM. It snowed about 2" that night and I got him home whole the next day by noon. While skinning, I could start to smell the bone sour in him about 1/2 way down. The whole front half was spoiled. I don't care if it takes me until 9 at night, they're quartered, skinned and hung when I leave them. They're always perfect when I get back. I've had wolves walk within 10 feet of hung and skinned elk and they didn't bother them. I think the more an elk looks like an elk, the more chance that a wolf will get into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cross, post: 273288, member: 8592"] We almost always have to leave elk out overnight because it usually takes the better part of a day to get one out with horses or mules. That said, I don't leave until they're skinned, quartered and hung. About 15 years ago I left a 5-point bull out overnight. I split the brisket and propped him up over a log with a stick wedged in his chest to open him up as much as possible. I left him at about 3PM. It snowed about 2" that night and I got him home whole the next day by noon. While skinning, I could start to smell the bone sour in him about 1/2 way down. The whole front half was spoiled. I don't care if it takes me until 9 at night, they're quartered, skinned and hung when I leave them. They're always perfect when I get back. I've had wolves walk within 10 feet of hung and skinned elk and they didn't bother them. I think the more an elk looks like an elk, the more chance that a wolf will get into it. [/QUOTE]
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