Lol- This was up in the mountains, at the kill site of the elk I shot 36 hours earlier. There were around 200 elk in the herd, so I took a couple friends up to see if any of the herd was still around. I was also feeling kinda bad about leaving more meat on the carcass than I usually do. I shot it right before sunset Friday and had to field dress & quarter it by the light of a cell phone.
In grizzly country.
In my rush I kinda missed some good stuff. Well, the carcass was still untouched by bears or wolves or coyotes Sunday morn, and half frozen, so I carved off a little chunk to test. It was incredible so I modded a fire ring into a makeshift oven and got after it.
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Always bring some salt & pepper with you!
And another tidbit- aspen has anti inflammatory and anti diarrheal properties. And the slight bitterness really plays well with the savory salt & pepper rubbed elk. Especially with some char from the fire. So I recommend using live aspen branches for skewers. You know, for the next time you find yourself carving up an elk in the backcountry...