Quote Originally Posted by Sharpish View Post
I always figure 33% wrapped compared to on the hoof. A thousand pound moose will be 500 lbs hanging, about 150 lbs of that will be bones. So you end up with 350 wrapped.

this is the formula / percentage that I have always assumed. 1000 lbs live weight, 60% hanging weight equals 600 lb carcass then 60% of that is cut wrapped equals 360 lb in the freezer. Similar result to Sharpish. What are other guys' views on this? To the OP it seems like you didn't receive everything back to you if you got all the bones.