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calldoctoday With any wild animal taken, the field care is very important, especially since it’s still somewhat warm out when Antelope season is open.
HerbcoFood Absolutely! I remember years ago running across folks that could not stand venison, while that was just about all the red meat we ate back in the late 70’s & 80’s & into the early 90’s & we would not have eaten that much of it if we did not like it. That is pretty much what I would tell them too & break it down into detail. What you said was basically my point & you could not have said it better.
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Spidey I initially heard a long time ago from someone that they were horrible & so I was confused & asked someone I really trusted, my Dad, who said they ate them all the time as a kid & they were very good. Then later I talked to others who confirmed the same, including a cousin, & some that said they had a sort of sweet taste & you had to get them cooled & broken down quick & they were good. Just about like about anything else in my opinion. I have still never been able to try them, but if they are better than Elk, that is very good. I have heard that moose is better than Elk too & initially I would have never imagined that, until I thought about it. I spoke with a guy in Oklahoma that said Caribou he took were horrible & worse than the Antelope the other guy described. However, since then I have heard that Caribou are good, but just like anything else as I mentioned & you also have to be very careful about when you take a buck, there again, just about like anything else.
calldoctoday a lot of that is in the handling temp. of the meat and processing temps. with the cooking of the end product , how many times have you seen someone hang one outside in 40 + or tie it to the front bumper in the heat to take it home !
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calldoctoday a lot of that is in the handling temp. of the meat and processing temps. with the cooking of the end product , how many times have you seen someone hang one outside in 40 + or tie it to the front bumper in the heat to take it home !
craigrice Too damned many! Excellent point made again. They must have found some way to make soup out of them horns! Because that is about all you are going to get anything good out of when you do that…
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I had a neighbor that left one hang from a tree for a week in 40 + I would not even have fed it to my dogs at that point I care about them more than that !
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I had a neighbor that left one hang from a tree for a week in 40 + I would not even have fed it to my dogs at that point I care about them more than that !
craigrice I will say that I used to hang them in my barn (dressed out & cool) for about three days to age when the temps used to stay down in the 30s for 24 hours a day for several days. That seemed to make the meat better, we thought. The temps had to stay down in the 30s though. If it had gone above 40 I would have finished them out.
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cdavis nice speed goat
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Spidey I initially heard a long time ago from someone that they were horrible & so I was confused & asked someone I really trusted, my Dad, who said they ate them all the time as a kid & they were very good. Then later I talked to others who confirmed the same, including a cousin, & some that said they had a sort of sweet taste & you had to get them cooled & broken down quick & they were good. Just about like about anything else in my opinion. I have still never been able to try them, but if they are better than Elk, that is very good. I have heard that moose is better than Elk too & initially I would have never imagined that, until I thought about it. I spoke with a guy in Oklahoma that said Caribou he took were horrible & worse than the Antelope the other guy described. However, since then I have heard that Caribou are good, but just like anything else as I mentioned & you also have to be very careful about when you take a buck, there again, just about like anything else.
calldoctoday When I shot one in NM years ago the temp got up to mid eighties. I was prepared for it and had coolers full of bags of ice and milk jugs full of water frozen. I field dressed and got it to my truck, where I had a tarp. Put antelope on tarp with bags of ice under it and filled cavity with the milk jugs then wrapped it up. Got it home and broke it down right away, the only bad part I had was high on the neck. All the meat was great and would like to get another one but I haven’t drawn again.
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calldoctoday When I shot one in NM years ago the temp got up to mid eighties. I was prepared for it and had coolers full of bags of ice and milk jugs full of water frozen. I field dressed and got it to my truck, where I had a tarp. Put antelope on tarp with bags of ice under it and filled cavity with the milk jugs then wrapped it up. Got it home and broke it down right away, the only bad part I had was high on the neck. All the meat was great and would like to get another one but I haven’t drawn again.
bocephus that is the key to antelope. Get them cooled down and broke down as soon as you can.
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calldoctoday When I shot one in NM years ago the temp got up to mid eighties. I was prepared for it and had coolers full of bags of ice and milk jugs full of water frozen. I field dressed and got it to my truck, where I had a tarp. Put antelope on tarp with bags of ice under it and filled cavity with the milk jugs then wrapped it up. Got it home and broke it down right away, the only bad part I had was high on the neck. All the meat was great and would like to get another one but I haven’t drawn again.
calldoctoday When I shot one in NM years ago the temp got up to mid eighties. I was prepared for it and had coolers full of bags of ice and milk jugs full of water frozen. I field dressed and got it to my truck, where I had a tarp. Put antelope on tarp with bags of ice under it and filled cavity with the milk jugs then wrapped it up. Got it home and broke it down right away, the only bad part I had was high on the neck. All the meat was great and would like to get another one but I haven’t drawn again.
Icing down the carcass is a good practice during a warm season hunt.
Skin and hair hold the body heat in, so getting the animal skinned should be a part of field dressing in warm weather. After the skin is off, its possible to lower the meat temperature much faster, whether it be with ice or just cool air while hanging. -
calldoctoday When I shot one in NM years ago the temp got up to mid eighties. I was prepared for it and had coolers full of bags of ice and milk jugs full of water frozen. I field dressed and got it to my truck, where I had a tarp. Put antelope on tarp with bags of ice under it and filled cavity with the milk jugs then wrapped it up. Got it home and broke it down right away, the only bad part I had was high on the neck. All the meat was great and would like to get another one but I haven’t drawn again.
Icing down the carcass is a good practice during a warm season hunt.
Skin and hair hold the body heat in, so getting the animal skinned should be a part of field dressing in warm weather. After the skin is off, its possible to lower the meat temperature much faster, whether it be with ice or just cool air while hanging.processhead I cut the skin back around the body and put the ice between the skin and meat and wrapped it in the tarp, that is why I lost a little neck meat, I didn’t skin up as far as I should have maybe, but only lost what would have been a pound of sausage meat.
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Spidey I initially heard a long time ago from someone that they were horrible & so I was confused & asked someone I really trusted, my Dad, who said they ate them all the time as a kid & they were very good. Then later I talked to others who confirmed the same, including a cousin, & some that said they had a sort of sweet taste & you had to get them cooled & broken down quick & they were good. Just about like about anything else in my opinion. I have still never been able to try them, but if they are better than Elk, that is very good. I have heard that moose is better than Elk too & initially I would have never imagined that, until I thought about it. I spoke with a guy in Oklahoma that said Caribou he took were horrible & worse than the Antelope the other guy described. However, since then I have heard that Caribou are good, but just like anything else as I mentioned & you also have to be very careful about when you take a buck, there again, just about like anything else.
calldoctoday My brother in law shot a caribou in Alaska and he didn’t like the meat, he gave me a couple of roasts and I figured if nothing else I could make some jerky. I cut one of the roasts into nice steaks and cooked them on the grill just to try it. I thought it was great and called him and told him don’t give any more away, I would take the rest of it. He asked me what I did and I told him season lightly and don’t over cook. I should have never told him as I never saw another piece of caribou.
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calldoctoday When I shot one in NM years ago the temp got up to mid eighties. I was prepared for it and had coolers full of bags of ice and milk jugs full of water frozen. I field dressed and got it to my truck, where I had a tarp. Put antelope on tarp with bags of ice under it and filled cavity with the milk jugs then wrapped it up. Got it home and broke it down right away, the only bad part I had was high on the neck. All the meat was great and would like to get another one but I haven’t drawn again.
Icing down the carcass is a good practice during a warm season hunt.
Skin and hair hold the body heat in, so getting the animal skinned should be a part of field dressing in warm weather. After the skin is off, its possible to lower the meat temperature much faster, whether it be with ice or just cool air while hanging.processhead When I used to hang mine in the barn for a few days, they were always skinned, sometimes mesh bagged, but always cooled down quick before hanging & field dressed immediately & I mean immediately, after the kill. I always thought that made all the difference in the world s back then, hardly anyone I knew did that.
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calldoctoday My brother in law shot a caribou in Alaska and he didn’t like the meat, he gave me a couple of roasts and I figured if nothing else I could make some jerky. I cut one of the roasts into nice steaks and cooked them on the grill just to try it. I thought it was great and called him and told him don’t give any more away, I would take the rest of it. He asked me what I did and I told him season lightly and don’t over cook. I should have never told him as I never saw another piece of caribou.
bocephus That is always good to hear.
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processhead When I used to hang mine in the barn for a few days, they were always skinned, sometimes mesh bagged, but always cooled down quick before hanging & field dressed immediately & I mean immediately, after the kill. I always thought that made all the difference in the world s back then, hardly anyone I knew did that.
calldoctoday said in ANTELOPE:
processhead When I used to hang mine in the barn for a few days, they were always skinned, sometimes mesh bagged, but always cooled down quick before hanging & field dressed immediately & I mean immediately, after the kill. I always thought that made all the difference in the world s back then, hardly anyone I knew did that.
I think more people would enjoy eating wild game if they followed best practices for field dressing and carcass care like you doing.
Paul
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calldoctoday said in ANTELOPE:
processhead When I used to hang mine in the barn for a few days, they were always skinned, sometimes mesh bagged, but always cooled down quick before hanging & field dressed immediately & I mean immediately, after the kill. I always thought that made all the difference in the world s back then, hardly anyone I knew did that.
I think more people would enjoy eating wild game if they followed best practices for field dressing and carcass care like you doing.
processhead that is spot on! I’ve seen people drive around with a field dressed deer or two on a cargo hitch carrier for a whole weekend. Driving down gravel roads and prairie trails. I can’t imagine the amount of dirt and dust that gets into the body cavity!
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processhead that is spot on! I’ve seen people drive around with a field dressed deer or two on a cargo hitch carrier for a whole weekend. Driving down gravel roads and prairie trails. I can’t imagine the amount of dirt and dust that gets into the body cavity!
ND Mike If we have to use a hitch hauler we wrap in a tarp and get it where we can hang it. Both to protect the prized meat and to respect other peoples views.
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ND Mike If we have to use a hitch hauler we wrap in a tarp and get it where we can hang it. Both to protect the prized meat and to respect other peoples views.
bocephus yep! We do the same. I feel awful about something my brother and I did when we were young hunters. It was the first time hunting without Dad. I was 17 and my brother was 15. He shot a huge doe after school one day. We were hunting in a 1981 Plymouth Horizon…hahahaha! We slung the deer over the hood and he held two legs and I held the other two legs. We went into town to brag to Dad that we could get it done without him. I will never forget the look of pure disdain and disgust that a group of elderly women gave us. I have never done anything like that since! I tell this story to the kids I teach in Hunter’s Education as what NOT to do!!!
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You guys that are involved in hunter education all know the emphasis placed on hunter ethics and encouraging the kids to be proud of being hunters, yet respectful of non-hunters.
Paul
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You guys that are involved in hunter education all know the emphasis placed on hunter ethics and encouraging the kids to be proud of being hunters, yet respectful of non-hunters.
processhead yep. I spend a lot of time talking about ethics and stressing that hunting is much more than harvesting an animal. Anyone can harvest an animal. The way you go about it and treat that animal is what makes you a hunter and not just someone who kills things.
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This is as close as Ill get to chasing a speed goat this year, I just stumbled upon this at my local store.
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