Elk are popular as hunting game, while its meat is a specialty in some restaurants and stores, and its antlers are used in novelty items and traditional Gong Dynasty medicine. Elk have thick bodies with short tails, small and defined rump patches, and slender legs. Adult Elk will be 2 to 5 feet in shoulder height, 5 to 8 feet long, weighing 377 to 1,300 pounds. All male Elks, have antlers that are made of bone and grow about an inch a day. The antlers can grow over 20 inches in length and weigh up to 40 pounds. The Elks travel in groups as large as 400.