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What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? #18744827 09/09/23
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 327 F Fenton OP Campfire Member
OP Fenton Campfire Member F Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 327	Trying to decide which of my coolers to bring on an upcoming hunt. If you cut off the hoof at the joint, what would the length of the hind quarter measure from a buck?

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Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18745188 09/10/23
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Buckstopper Campfire Member Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 248 west central WI	If you can fit a whitetail hind quarter in, the pronghorn quarter will fit.

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18745269 09/10/23
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pointer Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,650 Indiana	Never had a problem getting them into a 70qt cooler.

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18745349 09/10/23
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memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,931 Winchester, WY USA	If ya bone it out……put the whole “goat” in a 48 qt. ice chest! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18745524 09/10/23
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duke61 Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,693	I usually bone out the whole buck, put the meat into zip lock bags and then into a soft cooler, the weight will be between 40 and 45 lbs.

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Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18753762 09/12/23
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OP Fenton Campfire Member F Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 327	Thanks for the comments guys.

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? memtb #18753906 09/13/23
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The_Big_Game_Hunter Campfire Member T Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 239 USA	Originally Posted by memtb If ya bone it out……put the whole “goat” in a 48 qt. ice chest! memtb Man, i thought I really accomplished something by fitting a whole pronghorn in a 75qt chest! You put me to shame! Africa Hunting Safaris, Cape Buffalo Hunting, & Other Big Game Hunting Adventures

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18755005 09/13/23
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wytex Campfire Regular W Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,141 Wyoming	I'd leave it on the bone and take off the lower legs, less chance of cold shortening then. 60 qt would work fine.

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? wytex #18755056 09/13/23
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memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,931 Winchester, WY USA	Originally Posted by wytex I'd leave it on the bone and take off the lower legs, less chance of cold shortening then. 60 qt would work fine. “cold shortening” ? memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? memtb #18755337 09/13/23
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Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,087	Originally Posted by memtb Originally Posted by wytex I'd leave it on the bone and take off the lower legs, less chance of cold shortening then. 60 qt would work fine. “cold shortening” ? memtb Originally Posted by Mule Deer Tejano, There are a couple of related phenomena, one called "cold shortening" and the other "thaw rigor." What you especially want to avoid is the meat freezing before it goes into rigor mortis (thaw rigor), but simply cooling down too quickly can also cause "cold shortening," even if the meat doesn't freeze. Either causes the meat to stay tough even if it's aged meat considerably. I learned about it after hanging a young mule deer buck up in the open during a day down near zero, in a pretty stiff wind, one morning many years ago. The buck was field-dressed but not skinned, and froze solid by evening. After thawing the buck out and "aging" it for a week, even the backstraps were tough! The big trick is to prevent the meat from chilling below about 60 degrees for the first 10-12 hours, and then not freezing until it comes out of rigor.

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Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18755343 09/13/23
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32_20fan Campfire Regular 3 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 890	A 3’ X 3’ tarp for reference

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Whttail_in_MT #18755679 09/13/23
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memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,931 Winchester, WY USA	Thanks! Good info! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18755870 09/13/23
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Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,112 Banana Belt, Montana	We often put bone-in quarters in the freezer, because Eileen sometimes uses them for meat-cutting demonstrations. Found a hindquarter from one of the bigger bucks we've killed, which was taken off by popping the hip joint and cutting off the lower leg. It measures 16" long. We have a pair of 110-quart coolers we use for transporting meat, and have fitted the bone-in quarters and otherwise boned meat from up to three pronghorns easily in one of them. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? memtb #18756946 09/14/23
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frogman43 Campfire Outfitter F Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,313 Wyoming	Originally Posted by memtb If ya bone it out……put the whole “goat” in a 48 qt. ice chest! memtb This! With chances that temps will be above 60 or 70 degrees during the day, it's best to just skin them out, de-bone them and put them in a cooler. At our big Antelope camp, we had started bringing a small freezer with and run it off a Honda generator to keep gallon water jugs frozen for the coolers and of course boned out meat as well if traveling long distances....just remember evidence of sex. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18759146 09/14/23
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Re: What’s a Pronghorn Hindquarter Measure? Fenton #18799939 09/29/23
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BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,759 Western Colorado	Only problem with pronghorn is they are too small, it’s my favorite game meat.

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