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Nutritional Comparison
per 100 grams of
cooked lean meat
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Elk |
Skinless
Chicken |
Beef |
| Calories |
146 |
190 |
211 |
| Fat (g) |
1.9 |
7.4 |
9.3 |
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Cholesterol (m) |
73 |
89 |
86 |
| Protein
(g) |
30.2 |
28.9 |
29.9 |
| Iron (mg) |
2.76 |
1.21 |
2.00 |
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Did you know….?
- One can keep three elk for every one beef
cow on the same land base.
- The calorie intake of an elk is twice in
the summer, as in winter.
- They do not need bedding.
- Elk calve in the daylight, nature’s way
of protection.
- Elk calve on the grass in late spring,
most often in the bat of an eye, and without warning
- Elk are what you are, calm if you are
calm.
- Antler is an annual renewable resource.
- Velvet antler (freeze dried) supplies 40
of the bodies’ required 181 essential nutrients daily for less than the price of one cup of
coffee.
- Hard antler and buttons drop in March and
April, when new antlers start to grow again
- Velvet is harvested primarily in June.
-
Elk antlers
grow each year in approximately 4 months.
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