elks96
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I often hear this, but despite having several lopes under my belt in all sorts of situations. Never once have I had a lope taste bad/gamey…
I really don’t know how running would affect the lopes meat. I mean they run, that is what they do. Anyone who has spent time watching lopes will realize that several times a day they seem to just run for no reason.
I will use my lope this year as an example… I shot a spot and stalk archery lope at 43 yards. The lope spun on the shot and I ended up with with a very poor shot. Nearly 3 hours later and 4 miles of tracking, I finished the lope off… Once dead I did the same thing I do every time. Immediately skinned the lope and quartered. In 45 minutes from death all meat was clean and on ice. No hair on the meat and I will not touch the meat with my hands that makes the hair…
despite being one of the oldest lopes we have taken, he is eating as good or better than any. Again with a dozen or so lope killed in the rut, from the road, out of alfalfa fields, in the sage, running, laying, water hole, good fast killed, poor shots and more. They have all ended in the same quality/flavor etc.
So honestly with lopes can it be adrenaline?
I really don’t know how running would affect the lopes meat. I mean they run, that is what they do. Anyone who has spent time watching lopes will realize that several times a day they seem to just run for no reason.
I will use my lope this year as an example… I shot a spot and stalk archery lope at 43 yards. The lope spun on the shot and I ended up with with a very poor shot. Nearly 3 hours later and 4 miles of tracking, I finished the lope off… Once dead I did the same thing I do every time. Immediately skinned the lope and quartered. In 45 minutes from death all meat was clean and on ice. No hair on the meat and I will not touch the meat with my hands that makes the hair…
despite being one of the oldest lopes we have taken, he is eating as good or better than any. Again with a dozen or so lope killed in the rut, from the road, out of alfalfa fields, in the sage, running, laying, water hole, good fast killed, poor shots and more. They have all ended in the same quality/flavor etc.
So honestly with lopes can it be adrenaline?