Wyoming Pronghorns

[JohnVH]

Awesome! We got 13 of them last year, didnt get drawn this year   Loper meat is awesome, if you take care of it! I cant wait to go back and get some more.  I got one rattle snake last year, seen it on a road.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 Awesome, antelope is the best game meat I've ever had, congrats.

[Bigshooter]

I've had a lot of people tell me the meats great and I've had people tell me it was so bad there dog wouldn't eat it.  I tell you what I think in a couple weeks.

[carpsniperg2]

There is 2 things about lope meat that makes it good or bad. 1: what they are eating, if there is no grass and they are living on just sage, yuck! they taste like crap! 2: if you take care of them right. Rip them guts out and get that hide off and on ice or cooled down and they are great to eat!

[JohnVH]

That is the key, gut and skin ASAP, its warm there, cool them down fast and youll have meat thats better than burger!!

How we do it in the field.

[Bigshooter]

I hear that all the time.  And I have heard guys say that is just what they did and it still tasted like 

[sled]

  We are leaving late monday night for our first trip ever.  From everything I have heard it should be alot of fun and good eating.  Ill keep everyone posted with pics if we get them!

[DOUBLELUNG]

is there alot of rattlesnakes out there this time of year?

Can be ... though they are mostly concentrated around the dens by mid-September out there.  Rattlers very rare in WY above 6,000' elevation, nonexistent above 7,000'.  For reference, nearly everything east of I-25, and some areas in the Bigorn Basin, are below 6,000'.  Most of the rest is above 6,000'.

[skinzner]

Heading to unit 63 friday i am stoked, First time hunting antelope and hope to do as good as you guys.

[MADMAX]

very good job and pics
I am heading to Douglas for Antelope and Mule deer the 6th

[Bigshooter]

Leaving tonight for Cody.  I didn't sleep very well last night, to excited.  I'll post up some pics when I get back.

[coyotehunter]

Good Luck to all of you who are heading to Wyoming! When you get back please make sure you post your pics!

[cryfowl]

My buddy and I are headed out next Wednesday.  Should be a fun trip and if I get some meat in the freezer, then all the better.

[Rob]

Interesting on the meat quality.

We have been hunting them for 15 years.  We gut them on the spot, and leave the skin on.  We put them in the bed of a pickup until all our tags are filled, then haul them to Old's Game processing.  We usually have them to the processor by 2pm.

I have never had one of my prongs taste bad.  They are all very good-exceptional actually.  Perhaps it is what they are grazing on.

[JohnVH]

we skin ours asap to cool them down, that fur is thick and warm. I had friends that have never eaten wild game before say they liked it better than beef!