a couple things i heard about deer and elk....

[Brian Krebs]

A friend from Sweden shot an elk and cooked some over an open fire. He took a bite of the elk meat- looked at me and said:
  " their made of candy!".

Elk meat is really good.

If deer are approaching a bedding area they might walk back and forth as they follow the wind. But walking in circles....  well they will come back to an area you scare them out of.

Did I mention elk meat is really good ?

[shbne]

I would ask him again, there's a chance some kind of miscommunication happened.

Is there any indication your MT friend might have originated from the great state of California?


There has to be some sort of miscommunication.

[twitchstick]

I have two elk tags to fill this year one either sex and one antlerless and if they are both cows I would be happy. The meat if taken care of is so good I have converted a couple of vegetarians. Hopefully I fill one of my tags to tomorrow morning.

[creekwood]

He is trying to convince you that if you kill an elk that you should give it to him because it tastes bad. You should be able to see through that line and smile while dining.

[ChristopherO]

The one elk I had the privelige to shoot, years ago, was wonderful meat.  There were some bites that had a liver taste but that was minimal.
Our kids were raised on deer meat.  Cooked right, and not well done is best in my opinion, it is fine time for dinner.

[JEJ]

Don't really know about deer going in circles, but I'd be going in a circle like a buzzard in the sky around that round grill elkbreath showed us! I can almost pick up that seared meat smell just by looking at that pic. That is some good looking chow elkbreath, and I'll bet it tasted better than it looked.  

[House]

I won't even indulge in the walking in circles thing, sounds like your buddy was talking in circles.  As far as the edibility of elk meat, he is way off.  I've ate a pile of elk and have yet to find one that didn't beat the dry rub right off the best grain fed whitetail or alfalfa eating muley!  My whole family (wife and two kids included) eat elk atleast three times a week, but try to get the Mrs. to prepare deer and...let's just say I cook and my son and I enjoy the venison.    

Travis