John yes elk seem to vary. But you have far more experience with more kinds of elk meat than I do.
Most of mine have been shot late September/early October and were fine but my last one was killed after mid october and was just awful....I mean BAD. i tried everything but he was liverish, and tough. He was still running cows hard in mid October.
OTOH my buddy killed one late November in a Wyoming draw unit and so far the meat has been excellent.
I think I would rather chase a big bull then,figuring the he has had time to feed back to good flesh after the rut...but I really don't know (?)
