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I live in the land of big corn-fed whitetails and I still think antelope is my favorite. As most have said: it’s the field care that seems to make the difference.

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Anyone who talksbad about antelope doesn't know how to cook game meat

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I have shot 3 per season(2 does and a buck) in wyoming for the last 15 years. It is one of the best game meats out there. We normally have them skinned and broken down within an hour from being shot and have never had a bad one. By the way i DID NOT DRAW THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS. Makes me sad.


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Originally Posted by saddlesore
Makes a huge difference on what they feed on.Sage brush country YUCK. Eastern Colorado on winter wheat and sorghum forage.Better than any other big game meat with the exception of maybe Rocky Mtn bighorn



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after dropping the lope I dig a hole get a nice bed of coals going stuff the cavity with good stuff then rub seasoning on the body wrap in cheese cloth cover in sauce then wrap in aluminon put in hole cover with coals then bury leave for 24 hrs. dig up enjoy


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I gained 5 # just reading this. SUPER GOOD STUFF !! Ray

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The biggest problem with antelope meat is that tags are extremely hard to draw here in Idaho. The odds for most hunts are like 1 chance in 25. I've only managed to draw twice in my life. I got bucks both times and they were fine eating.


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Saying that antelope tastes like sage, is like saying whitetails taste like corn. LMAO! The meat is fantastic. The biggest problem, is that many/most are killed during warm season. If you de-bone the meat-or at least skin and quarter-and go right on ice with it, it is fantastic and consistently tender. My wife would give away elk, before the antelope.


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It doesn't taste like sage, just an off taste. Corn fed whitetail don't taste like corn, but they are darn site better than whitetail killed in hard wood forest or they eat river bottom forage.It is like comparing a beef finished off with ground wheat and corn vs grass fed beef. Anything an animal eats on a long term basis effects the meat taste.Go feed a pig garbage and compare it to one fed grain

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If sage brush makes a difference I think it must be where that sage is going. I have killed and eaten antelope in Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming and I have eaten antelope killed by others from those 3 states plus Montana, New Mexico Colorado and Arizona.
At least 3/4 of those I have killed were out in the planes and not near any farm land at all, and yet they have been delicious Some of those I have killed here in Wyoming were crop-eaters, but most are not. I can't always say about those I have eaten killed by other hunters (and 2 that I tried to eat --but gave up quickly) One killed in Az was beyond the ability to swallow and made me want to gag. In fact we gave it to my dogs and they would not eat it either.
Another killed in New Mexico was strong and would be OK if you were hungry enough, but NOT what I would have chosen. I was told the AZ goat was killed on sage flats, but I know nothing about the NM buck. Same with the Colorado antelope, which was ok, but a bit strong.

I killed 3 last year in Wyoming and my wife killed 2. All were excellent and of the 5, 4 were killed off farm land on request of the farmer. My buck was killed about 90 miles from the nearest farm and was as good as those we killed off the alfalfa fields. Why? I can only guess but I honestly don't know. Maybe a botanist could shed some light on this subject.

My guess is that some sage grows in places where it takes up something from the soil and makes the meat of deer and antelope taste strong but what ever that mineral is, apparently we don't have it in Wyoming. All those I have killed here were great.

The only ones I have eaten from Wyoming that tasted bad were not taken care of right, and you could make a good beef cow taste bad if you don't handle the meat right. Take pains with pronghorn. It's not forgiving like elk or some deer. But if you cool it fast and if you do my trick with the cold slat water, I am betting even those that live in places where the taste of their meat is often strong would be improved

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Not had sheep or goats yet, but pronghorn goes to the top for me. Wish they were the size of an elk, but then they'd top out at about 80 mph


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You could be right Szihn. I have killed antelope in New Mexico and Wyoming, and though stronger,they were ok ,but were in that short grass prairie. Anything I have killed in Colorado that were remotely connected to sage brush were terrible.I even quit hunting them for awhile because I could not get them past my nose. When I finally got permission to hunt an bunch of land in eastern Colorado, there was a remarkable difference. I am no neophyte in taking care of wild game either.


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My better half luvs antelope. She'll hand out the deer and elk steaks, but never the antelope.

She also never asks me when I'm going back for more antelope. She just asks when I'm going back for more sausage.


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Ever had beef tainted with Tansy Ragwort?


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Originally Posted by SheriffJoe



Ever had beef tainted with Tansy Ragwort?


No, but I knew a Tansy Ragwort in 10th grade. And yes, she was tainted. She tainted all over my buddy Rex.



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Ever had beef tainted with Tansy Ragwort?


No, but I knew a Tansy Ragwort in 10th grade. And yes, she was tainted. She tainted all over my buddy Rex.



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Oh, I like it pounded, floured and fried like hell just like deer and elk. To each his own.


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Originally Posted by Judman
Some of the best meat there is, snap a pic, bone em out get it cooled. Nothin too it


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Some of the best meat there is, snap a pic, bone em out get it cooled. Nothin too it


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These tards that drive around for half a day in 80 degree heat with the hide on probably do have antelope that tastes like schiet.

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