Hate to burst your bubble, but it is really good. I score a pack of steaks from the one my friend killed last year.
It has a great texture and flavor. Not as tough as an old buck deer, more mild. And that was a 9 year old ram. I imagine a younger ram would be delicious.
I've read that wild sheep were highly sought after table fare by early market hunters in the West.
I will second the Antelope I have had it a number of times. I think it is the same world wide it is how you take care get it cooled quickly. I really liked it.
I have never tasted sheep but the old MT men and Indians are supposed to have liked it.
I got mine 3 years ago in Beaties Butte and it was awsome. Very tender which was a surprise to me and almost no game taste to it. It has a flavor of its own. I made alot kabobs out of mine and would marinte them for about 4 or 5 hrs and BBQ. Friends and family all liked it. I'm sure depending on area and age some taste different. Go get it and find out for yourself. Good Luck, it is the hunt of a lifetime. :smash:
I shot one a long time ago And It must have been eating funk because it flat out sucked. Maybe it was bad but I tossed it and have never thought of hunting one again.
i'll give my best advise on hot weather meat processing, bring two very large ice chests. asap after killing the game animal. skin it, quarter it, put it in garbage bags,double baged, do not let it get wet, then ice it down and keep it iced down untill you are ready to put it in the freezer. no more than three days iced down as long as it stays dry.you will get the best tasting tenderest meat the game animal can give you if you ice it down fast.
I was just wondering how many extra guys you are planning to drag along to pack 2 large coolers full of ice behind you for miles and miles up---down and all around??? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I thought my 6 year old bighorn tasted a bit like deer. Good meat. Antelope I took several years ago was excellent, most tasty game I ever had, had a slight sweet taste.
My wife and I have harvested 2 antelope. Both were skinned immediately, and cooling withing 2-3 hours. Both were mature Billies between 14 and 15 inches--and both were the tastiest game meat I've ever eaten.
I had heard all the stuff about how rank they were from many people, ranchers, hunters etc, etc. Way I see it, it's like bear or pork. Quality is completely dependent on how quick you get it gutted/skinned/cooled.
Never had a bad bear (my wifes second favorite) or antelope.
As far as antelope go, they are great, at least from the Southeast corner of the state. A couple of buddies and I went to Wyoming a couple of times. The first time we all had buck tags and bought Doe tags over the counter. We brought home 12 antelope, thinking it was going to taste like the ones at home. NOPE, tasted like liver. Must have been the feed over there?
I harvested a ram in the Beaty's Butte unit 2 years ago. The meat was as good as any game I have eaten. I also got a lope the year before same unit. The meat was okay but not great
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