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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: MADMAX on October 11, 2023, 10:10:29 AM

Title: Montana Cantaloupe 3 for 3
Post by: MADMAX on October 11, 2023, 10:10:29 AM: Eastern Montana great hunt
day 2 got all 3 tags filled
Party of 3
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Post by: MADMAX on October 11, 2023, 10:11:15 AM: Last one
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Post by: 2MANY on October 11, 2023, 10:16:20 AM: Are they still stinky right now?
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Post by: MADMAX on October 11, 2023, 10:24:32 AM: There always stinky sweet :tup:
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Post by: 2MANY on October 11, 2023, 11:06:14 AM: As fall progresses they get less.

Glad you had a good hunt.
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Post by: KNOPHISH on October 11, 2023, 02:00:01 PM: Sweet, they are fun to hunt and taste amazing.
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Post by: asmith on October 11, 2023, 02:20:09 PM: And here I thought I was the only one hat called them cantaloupe, :chuckle:

Nice work. Looks like a fun time
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Post by: KNOPHISH on October 11, 2023, 02:42:17 PM: Heh heh we call em that too.
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Post by: MADMAX on October 11, 2023, 04:49:24 PM: It was a hoot
Two friends were first time antelope hunters and were pretty stoked
And we also had a pretty darn good prairie dog shoot waiting for our meat to be cut and wrapped
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Post by: wadu1 on October 11, 2023, 04:56:03 PM: Thanks for sharing, and a good choice of IPA to boot.
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Post by: Dan-o on October 11, 2023, 05:16:13 PM: Looks like a blast.

Congratulations.
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Post by: bugs n bones on October 11, 2023, 07:28:26 PM: Good times!
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Post by: bigmacc on October 11, 2023, 07:38:12 PM: Looks like good times!👍👍
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Post by: RB on October 11, 2023, 07:38:33 PM: Nice!
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Post by: dvolmer on October 11, 2023, 09:18:47 PM: Quote from: KNOPHISH on October 11, 2023, 02:00:01 PM
Sweet, they are fun to hunt and taste amazing.
They are fun to hunt and I love to hunt them. But to say they taste amazing is a big stretch! Good for pepperoni sticks and jerky. Ive shot my share of them over the years and have cooled them down quickly but they are still fair at best. They make mule deer taste amazing. :twocents: By the way, Great looking goats!!! Fun times for sure!!!
Title: Re: Montana Cantaloupe 3 for 3
Post by: wannabhntr on October 12, 2023, 07:00:56 AM: Quote from: dvolmer on October 11, 2023, 09:18:47 PM
Quote from: KNOPHISH on October 11, 2023, 02:00:01 PM
Sweet, they are fun to hunt and taste amazing.
They are fun to hunt and I love to hunt them. But to say they taste amazing is a big stretch! Good for pepperoni sticks and jerky. Ive shot my share of them over the years and have cooled them down quickly but they are still fair at best. They make mule deer taste amazing. :twocents: By the way, Great looking goats!!! Fun times for sure!!!

We went on our first antelope hunt last year, and have to agree that they are great table fare. I would put them between elk and deer. The whole family thought it was amazing. I have a neighbor that thinks like you too though. Had it 40 years ago, hated it, and hasn't touched it since. I think you either love it or hate it. Just curious, how did you prepare it?
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Post by: Emptyhanded on October 12, 2023, 07:33:07 AM: I shot my first in Colorado last weekend and cooked some up last night. It was my second time eating antelope and both times I thought it tasted just like a young whitetail. Pretty good stuff!

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Title: Re: Montana Cantaloupe 3 for 3
Post by: KNOPHISH on October 12, 2023, 07:34:09 AM: I’d guess all game tastes different. Shot placement, adrenaline, feed, cooling all have affects? Ive shot some sage mule deer I thought wouldn’t be good but was some of the best. The handful of cantaloupe I shot in Montana were all good, I gave some to a non hunter and he wanted more. Steaks are sautéed rare to med rare.
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Post by: Falcon on October 14, 2023, 09:32:15 PM: MM

Nice work on your trip. Nice looking bucks :drool:
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Post by: MADMAX on October 15, 2023, 05:32:03 AM: thanks, it was indeed a blast