Originally Posted by ElkSlayer91
Originally Posted by BobMt
Originally Posted by Angus1895
No blame game here. And I have not read all the pages. But an observation.......

There is a definite downside to sticking an arrow in an Elk in the afternoon. Bone soured in the morning......plus a grizzly buffet!

Afternoon thermals can also be wish washy.



if the elk was shot in the afternoon, and gotten to the next day.....it was more than likely spoiled.......at that point you need to assume, a bear will be on it.......lets wait and see what smokepole has to say....he should be able to google...spoiled elk, and grizzly bear....and get back to us.....bob
The guide had to have known it was a 99.9% chance they would just find green meat.


So bob, you want to know what I have to say about spoiled elk meat from an elk shot the evening before? Thanks for asking, that was mighty kind.

The first thing I'd say is that anyone who sticks a bull in the evening and doesn't find it before dark needs to either keep looking or pick up the trail and look for it first thing the next morning. I've done both. It's a legal requirement, and a felony in some states to fail to make a reasonable attempt to salvage the meat, even if you "think" it's spoiled or there "may be" a bear on it. Guides are typically familiar with regulations like that. And there's only one way to find out if the meat's spoiled.

The second thing I'd say is, you guys are a little off on your math to say there's 99.9% chance the meat is spoiled. Depends on the situation. I've only shot two elk in the evening and needed to come back in the morning to find them, how about you guys? Both of them were in archery season in Colorado, and the meat was good on both so I must be part of that mythical 0.01% group.

And to top it off, when we got to one of 'em at first light, a big old black bear had just gotten there before us, ain't that something?








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