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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: coyotehunter on September 15, 2011, 05:18:48 PM

Title: Wyoming Pronghorns
Post by: coyotehunter on September 15, 2011, 05:18:48 PM: Just wanted to share some picture from our Wyoming hunt this past Labor Day weekend. My buddy and I shot a couple of pronghorn bucks and each shot 2 extra does for meat. We would dress them out immediately and throw them on ice, the meat is excellent! The freezer is getting full! :)
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Post by: DUGANDEER on September 15, 2011, 05:27:08 PM: Awesome looks like you had a blast!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 15, 2011, 05:58:01 PM: Good deal! We leave on either the 7th-8th for wy. Me and my buddy each have 5 tags. I am hoping to wack a few of them with my handgun but have the long range stick just incase. Cant wait :IBCOOL:
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Post by: sled on September 15, 2011, 06:46:55 PM: Awsome! What unit? Public land?
We are leaving monday night for unit 72.
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Post by: runamuk on September 15, 2011, 07:13:14 PM: congrats...very cool
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Post by: Hunter Dug on September 15, 2011, 08:07:08 PM: Hey Carp, how did you get 5 tags each i thought you could only apply for two doe tags, and a buck tag. Is it different in some units?
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Post by: wackmaster on September 15, 2011, 08:34:02 PM: You can 2 more doe pemits if there are any left over from the drawing.
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Post by: coyotehunter on September 15, 2011, 08:36:53 PM: In our unit(114) if you drew a buck tag you can purchase up to 4 extra doe tags! We didn't want to get greedy and we only had so much cooler space.
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Post by: jmoyer2 on September 15, 2011, 08:39:45 PM: is there alot of rattlesnakes out there this time of year?
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Post by: shortnround on September 16, 2011, 07:39:47 AM: Do you have have any side views of the 1st buck?
Three of us will be leaving for unit 90 in October. I am assuming you boned out the animals prior to putting the meat in the cooler. What size cooler(s) did you use?
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Post by: coyotehunter on September 16, 2011, 08:07:05 AM: jomoyer2: Didn't see any rattlesnakes, but I'm sure their out there.

shortnround: Here is a view of my buck from the side, it doesn't hook as well as my buddies, but does have great mass. We're kind of newbies to the whole antelope scoring deal, thou I've shot a few in the past this is by far my best. Regardless, neither one of us cares too much on how they score, we just had a great time and fun hunt! We had two large Yeti, a smaller Yeti cooler(mainly for drink, at first) and still had to buy 2 more coolers. We would bone out the meat within an hour or less of when we shot them and also had a gamble hitch system to hang the animals. When you go I suggest you bring a clean tarp with you so when you are quartering out the animals you can put the meat on something clean til you put them in game bags and ice. Also a towel helps. Good luck to you.
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Post by: Huntboy on September 16, 2011, 08:12:05 AM: Nice, looks like fun.
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Post by: Bigshooter on September 16, 2011, 09:52:41 AM: Nice pics. My dad, a buddy and I are leaving for wyoming sunday night for our antelope hunt. Can't wait.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on September 16, 2011, 11:11:10 AM: Those are some nice looking Lopes!
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Post by: Ridgerunner on September 16, 2011, 01:47:11 PM: Brings back memories of last fall on the wyoming prairies, one of the funnest hunts I've ever had, wish I was heading that way this year. :(
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Post by: JohnVH on September 16, 2011, 03:28:00 PM: 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.
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on September 16, 2011, 03:43:54 PM: Awesome, antelope is the best game meat I've ever had, congrats.
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Post by: Bigshooter on September 16, 2011, 03:59:30 PM: 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.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 16, 2011, 04:05:40 PM: 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!
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Post by: JohnVH on September 16, 2011, 05:47:35 PM: 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.

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Post by: Bigshooter on September 16, 2011, 05:54:06 PM: I hear that all the time. And I have heard guys say that is just what they did and it still tasted like :crap:
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Post by: sled on September 16, 2011, 07:00:20 PM: 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!
Title: Re: Wyoming Pronghorns
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on September 16, 2011, 08:26:51 PM: Quote from: jmoyer2 on September 15, 2011, 08:39:45 PM
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'.
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Post by: skinzner on September 17, 2011, 10:39:58 PM: Heading to unit 63 friday i am stoked, First time hunting antelope and hope to do as good as you guys.
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Post by: MADMAX on September 18, 2011, 06:02:06 AM: very good job and pics
I am heading to Douglas for Antelope and Mule deer the 6th
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Post by: Bigshooter on September 18, 2011, 07:54:30 AM: Leaving tonight for Cody. I didn't sleep very well last night, to excited. I'll post up some pics when I get back.
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Post by: coyotehunter on September 18, 2011, 09:40:54 AM: Good Luck to all of you who are heading to Wyoming! When you get back please make sure you post your pics!
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Post by: cryfowl on September 20, 2011, 09:00:13 AM: 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.
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Post by: Rob on September 20, 2011, 09:06:50 AM: 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.
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Post by: JohnVH on September 20, 2011, 09:19:45 PM: 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!
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Post by: Widgeondeke on September 21, 2011, 11:47:15 AM: Very nice bucks! :drool:

Did you take those on public land or pay an access fee?