I always say I’m going to keep my next one to have tanned and toss on the floor or over the back of the couch. And then I get all the meat hauled out of some hellhole and decide that the hide can stay there with the guts!
Yeah, that.
Elk hides weigh about as much as a medium size whitetail, and you can't eat any of it. I'd love a tanned elk hide, but I can't get anybody to haul one out for me
Oh well,