For years I've preached about how good and tender antelope meat is. I've written off naysayers by saying that it is all about how the antelope is treated post-harvest and how it is cooked. If you had a bad experience with antelope, then it must have been poorly handled post-harvest or it was cooked wrong. I know nothing is 100% true, and I had my first bad experience in 10 years with antelope meat yesterday. I harvested four last year in Wyoming, all were quartered and cooled soon after harvest. The first two I had processed to save time, as I work full time and recently went back to school for my master's degree. This is the first time I've every not butchered my own antelope. The bad experience came from a package of meat from the processor that was labeled as "chops", I assume this is the backstrap. I grilled the chops as I grill all of my antelope steaks. Only this time they are so tough I can barely chew them. I hope the other packs of meat are not this tough.