Elk tastes 5 times better than beef in my book, my last one was 6x7 and oh was he good! My little dehydrator worked it's butt off and we had some really kick butt jerky too. We have some real large elk up by the house, there is a 9x10 still up there somewhere, I've seen him but never got a shot, he's been around too long and is real smart I just hope I can find his shed some day.