John not sure I'd ever bother with another bull elk unless he was AT LEAST a month post rut....they stink like hell and are in lousy flesh before that at least IME.
Gimme a young one.
Now I will kill the biggest bodied deer I can find so long as the rut is not too far along. They taste real good. Both bucks this year (two whitetails) were large and in rut/post rut. They both eat like butter.....Yum?
I have no place for big elk antlers myself anymore.
