An adult doe antelope yields about 25 pounds of boneless meat. An adult buck antelope yields about 35 to 40 pounds of boneless meat. Ten mature buck antelope would be about 350 pounds of meat. Dividing by 30 means it would take about 12 cubic feet which equates to 300 quarts needed. Dumb question here... how much room does that leave for ice?
With 16 Oregon points, I finally drew my antelope tag. I selected the Warner unit because of it's close proximity to Lakeview, where a friend has lived for more than 30 years. Permission was granted to hunt some private land in the unit, so I had high hopes. My trouble started even before I left Renton, when I decided to take my friend's advice to use his 1990 4x4 pickup once I got there. It ...
Antelope are fairly small critters with light bone structure. You don't have a lot of meat to start with. The last thing you want is a light bullet that is going to fragment and ruin more meat. Any decent hunter can get with 300 yards of an antelope, and you'll likely have breezy conditions during your hunt. Go with the 130 grain bullet.
My dad and I drew our first antelope tags and wanted to check and see if anyone has hunted this unit for antelope?! Thanks, WACAT
Wyoming Antelope unit 78 Thanks for the recommendation, Bob--I've actually got it on the shelf. When I drove through Wyoming for the first time a handful of years ago I saw a bunch of antelope and didn't even know what they were. Googled them when I got home and discovered that book (it may have even been via another recommendation on here), which convinced me I should be applying for tags. By ...