proper antelope meat care

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Optional step 1: gut it
Step 1: toss carcass in the back of truck in full sun 90F weather and drive around hunt'n some more, bonus if its really dusty too.
Step 2: Half a day or so later drop off at the butcher
Step 3: Bitch about how "gamey" pronghorn are.



FWIW in dozens of pronghorn: I skin and quarter, load into game bag and pack it to a cooler on ice. I agree that condensation forms in coolers with hot meat in those conditions so if you can air it out some (hang the game bags out a bit if the night is cool). Still waiting to get a "gamey" one.

 

[bnsafe]

richm, i would find a diff partner, quick

 

[Rock63]

Sample of one that was skinned, quartered and iced within 1.5 hours of being killed; best eating wild game in NA except for a moose for me. NM August mid morning temps.

 

[bnsafe]

I spoke to a guy years ago who had pronghorn pics all over his house. They loved hunting pronghorn. He said the key was no matter how many tags they had, hunters in the group, etc as soon as a goat hit the ground they stopped hunting and cooled the meat no matter what they had to do. The hunt didnt resume til that goat was being cooled. I think that is the key