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I have only taken 1 and the meat was so tough I could barely chew it. Flavor was fine but so tough some older neighbors could not eat it. Is that common? Animal was shot in the Kilbuck Mountains in August and hung in the meet shed and then professionally butchered. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | ||
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Mike, I've shot quite few caribou and I don't remember any of them being tough. We always let it hang a few days as you would with any game but it was fine. Of course you need to cook it rare to medium rare for best results. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Makes good stew if it,s tough. | |||
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They make good wieners. WS | |||
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pressure cooker wiil make any meat tender. | |||
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i've eaten lots of bou, but it is my least favorite venison | |||
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Caribou is one of the best there is. I use a beef chart as a guide... ribs are ribs and need to be cooked as such, T bone is T bone etc.. I cook game ribs with no water though...just a potato, apple and a carrot at 250 degrees for 6-8 hrs... Robbie | |||
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I have killed exactly 2 caribou, and did not find them any better eating than a white tail deer. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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Compared to moose, caribou are only fair eating. Rutting caribou bulls can be very low quality. I found that both moose and caribou are best if shot before September 10th if it's cool enough to keep the meat from spoiling. The meat needs to be kept clean in the field, allowed to glaze over, kept bug free and dry and aged. In my humble opinion, those who say moose yearlings or two-year olds are the best eating have never eaten a fat mature bull shot early and properly aged. One of the best I ever ate was 13 years old--about as old as bull moose get. But you have to take good care of any of them if you want high quality meat. | |||
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The last caribou I killed was a cow in October. It was some very fine eating. I have had some caribou that were stronger in flavor, from bulls coming close to or going out of rut. Never had a tough one. Mart "...I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprize, and independance to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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I taken quite a few but don't remember any of them being tough. We usually have most of it made into hot links, etc. On the wild game that we process on out own, we just keep everything that looks like a roast and trimmings are turned into burger/ breakfast sausage, which we grind on our own. IF we want a steak, we'll take a roast & slice it as we wish. As far as I'm concerned, regarding caribou, I won't take one any later than about the 1st of Sep. - maybe mid-Sep. There's nothing more rotten than a bull you shot in Oct. I wouoldn't even give the meat to my worst enemie's dog. BTDT. We like caribou & hope to get a ouple later this year in Aug. Bear in Fairbanks Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes. I never thought that I'd live to see a President worse than Jimmy Carter. Well, I have. Gun control means using two hands. | |||
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Our caribou are best early, July, August. After about 2nd week Sept, we don't eat them until later in winter and then just cows. Family members, relatives, and local Indians I hunt with; we have got so many, I'm embarrassed to admit; but they all got ate and served their purpose of providing fresh meat for man. Some villages depend on caribou, they like them more than moose. I remember years back when we taught at Mentasta, they only ate moose, nobody shot caribou even though they migrated right through the village. I remember hearing my dog team going nuts, turning on outside lights and seeing 25 caribou in the yard between back door & dog lot. We usually get a moose or two if lucky and use the caribou for jerky, Uncle Abes really covers the caribou taste. If you shoot a bull in late Sept, your dogs won't even eat it. | |||
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I grew up eating moose meat, which is great, have hunted and processed my own whitetail deer for over 35 years, and I don't think I have had any hoofed wild game as good as the 2 caribou my son and I took in 2010 from the Forty Mile Herd. Tender, with good flavor, and the wife and daughter loved it, also. Take care of it the right way, from the time you first stick a knife through the skin, till you put it to the heat, and most any meat will be good. Knute | |||
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Dave, Did you ever live in Eagle? | |||
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No, Zhurh, never lived in Eagle, or AK for that matter. If I was 30 years younger, though, and knowing what I know about Alaska now, I'm sure I would be a resident somewhere in that great state. Born and raised in Indiana, college in Illinois, worked offshore and lived in Loisiana, and been in business for myself in Kansas for the last 25 years. Never made it to AK until 2 years ago for my 50th, and fell in love with it. Knute | |||
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Mike I read/heard that well into the rut off-flavor results from bulls DRINKING cow urine testing for estrus condition. Barry _______________________ | |||
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Reason I asked, A Dave Fox lived here 20 some years back; still has a cabin out in the Indian Village. | |||
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Bulls don't actually drink cow urine--they smell it to test if cows are ready to mate. Starting about September 10th mature bull moose stop feeding and start digging rutting pits. Because they don't eat and rely on reserves their urine smells--a lot. They urinate in the rutting pits and splash the urine-mud mixture on their antlers, head and neck, then lay in the pit. Cows wallow too. After a few days they get pretty smelly. Any of the hair soaked with the bulls' urine that contacts the meat will affect taste. You have to be carefull about this with bulls shot after about September 10th. It's much better to shoot them early before they stop eating and start digging pits if it's cool enough to keep the meat. | |||
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I have always eaten caribou meat shot before the rut. It was very good, with somewhat of a sweet taste. I really liked it. I was told that durring the rut the meat was not near as good. But I have been told that wild pig boar meat above 200/250/300lbs [take your pick] was not edible... However I have shot and butchered and eaten many wild boars in the 250 to 285 lb range, and 3 that weighed over 300 lbs, and they were all great eating. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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Last August, we had around 1000 caribou on our summit a few weeks before season. My daughter and I were riding 4 wheelers and on the down side of road a group of about 200 were moving parallel to us; so we pulled off along weeds and waited for them to cross at the 140 mile marker where they always cross. Quite funny, cause they started crossing and we were only 10-15 yards from them. Twenty or so out on road as they crossed. Then they spotted us sitting there and they'd stop and the ones behind them would pile into them. Man the big double shovels up close and I didn't even have a camera. Boy did they stink too. I can smell caribou a good ways off, but when they are close like that and so many of them bunched up; they are foul smellin as can be imagined. | |||
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Love caribou meat! Great burger and great sausage! The wife shot her first up the Taylor in late September and was great eating. | |||
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