Well fattened bucks

[Hem]

Got 2 very old bucks in the garage. I suspect one is a lot lighter than the other.

Bone mass difference?

 

[Nick87]

Same. I should have moved to WY or MT the day I graduated high school

You're still in a better place than most.

 

[MTLabrador]

My well educated guess says about 30 pounds of boneless meat with losing half a shoulder. The entire pack with bone in and skull wasn’t even close to 60.

 

[DFS]

My well educated guess says about 30 pounds of boneless meat with losing half a shoulder. The entire pack with bone in and skull wasn’t even close to 60.

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Great buck

 

[Point Creep]

Reality here.

2 bucks way bigger than average - my daughter’s 80+ on horns for sure if not so busted, mine 83 gross range. Both ancient- mine super old - will send in teeth but I suspect 7+

My daughter did all her butchering herself (I was not home) so I don’t know what the trim factor was. It was a giant buck we quartered and packed 1.6 miles to truck. Tote is slightly over 1 pound.

Mine (second image) lost almost an entire front shoulder due to where I shot him. Still roughly 28lbs finished weight. Had to be packed roughly 2 miles.

Both bucks were in garage 2-5 days so a little trimming on edges needed but these are real numbers.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Having never killed an antelope before, we were surprised how big they actually were. This buck was pretty dang heavy actually.

We got as much meat off of him as any of our GA whitetails. I would guess 25-30# of clean packaged meat. The meat does have a bit of a taste to it….but it’s edible.

 

[cgasner1]

Reality here.

2 bucks way bigger than average - my daughter’s 80+ on horns for sure if not so busted, mine 83 gross range. Both ancient- mine super old - will send in teeth but I suspect 7+

My daughter did all her butchering herself (I was not home) so I don’t know what the trim factor was. It was a giant buck we quartered and packed 1.6 miles to truck. Tote is slightly over 1 pound.

Mine (second image) lost almost an entire front shoulder due to where I shot him. Still roughly 28lbs finished weight. Had to be packed roughly 2 miles.

Both bucks were in garage 2-5 days so a little trimming on edges needed but these are real numbers.

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Antelope if far from my favorite thing to hunt. That buck is awesome I’d love to find one like that

 

[Straight Arrow]

FWIW, my older brother the avid antelope hunter, taught me to skin, clean, and ice-down meat in a cooler ASAP in order to produce good tasting antelope. My wife, who grew up in Wyoming and hated taste of stinky sagebrush fed antelope her brothers brought home with hides on, now says antelope meat from alfalfa fed antelope I bring home in the iced cooler is her favorite wild game meat. BTW, antelope does not benefit from being hung and aged like other venison such as deer and elk.

Pet peeve is seeing antelope loaded into a pickup and being hauled around during typical October warm weather.

 

[Straight Arrow]

FWIW, my older brother the avid antelope hunter, taught me to skin, clean, and ice-down meat in a cooler ASAP in order to produce good tasting antelope. My wife, who grew up in Wyoming and hated taste of stinky sagebrush fed antelope her brothers brought home with hides on, now says antelope meat from alfalfa fed antelope I bring home in the iced cooler is her favorite wild game meat. BTW, antelope does not benefit from being hung and aged like other venison such as deer and elk.

Pet peeve is seeing antelope loaded into a pickup and being hauled around during typical October warm weather.

 

[cgasner1]

BTW, antelope does not benefit from being hung and aged like other venison such as deer and elk.

I’d be curious your thoughts on that. It takes time for the muscles to loosen back up from the rig

 

[Straight Arrow]

. It takes time for the muscles to loosen back up from the rig

If you say so. I'm a pragmatist ... not an analyst. Having cut up many antelope for table fare, I just know what works for us.
Your tag ... you do what you do.

 

[Straight Arrow]

FWIW, my older brother the avid antelope hunter, taught me to skin, clean, and ice-down meat in a cooler ASAP in order to produce good tasting antelope. My wife, who grew up in Wyoming and hated taste of stinky sagebrush fed antelope her brothers brought home with hides on, now says antelope meat from alfalfa fed antelope I bring home in the iced cooler is her favorite wild game meat. BTW, antelope does not benefit from being hung and aged like other venison such as deer and elk.

Pet peeve is seeing antelope loaded into a pickup and being hauled around during typical October warm weather.

My bad ... 'not sure it was worth repeating.