Should we ship cape/horns, there will be a nominal service charge on top of the shipping charges. A meat-eater's nirvana, and I do not want to ruin it. Nilgai were first brought to North America for stock in zoos, and in 1941, the King Ranch released eight cows and four bulls which are believed to have established free ranging nilgai in North America (Sheffield et … For those of you unaware, Nilgai is a type of antelope. So, it's very lean, very clean, 100% organic protein. Incidentally, nilgai meat is excellent eating, … Nilgai were first introduced to Texas in the 1920s and the 1930s. A fabulous friend of mine gave me an entire shoulder of Nilgai (the cutting-up process is another story). In blind taste tests with ordinary folks who didn't know what they were tasting, various cuts of nilgai were preferred by a large margin over the same cuts of beef. its alot of meat, I would say a couple hundred pounds For the heart, I just cut off about the top ½ inch, rinsed it out well and tossed it into the brine with the other meat. Based on that I'd guess you're getting between 150 to 200 lbs of actual meat. How do I cook this stuff? Cows are noticeably more tender then the old bulls. We picked it up off the ground about 150 yards from where I shot the bull. As of 2008, the feral population in Texas is nearly 37,000. Nilgai is pretty dense, sinewy meat so I punctured it pretty liberally so that the brine could penetrate all the way through. The trophy pinned to my wall is a live-oak leaf wrapped around some nilgai lung tissue. Great tasting, and addictive to hunt. - 06/21/16 Hard cast bullets in the 444 Marlin seem to do the trick: South Texas Nilgai Hunt Copy and paste below of the last paragraph of the story linked. The meat was processed at the meat lab as soon as we could get it there, usually the next day or the day after. How to cook Nilgai? If memory serves, the mature bulls we've taken and seen taken have dressed out between 330 to 400 lb. The nilgai has been associated with Indian culture since the Vedic period (1500–500 BC). the difference in a trophy bull nilgai and a bull nilgai is about 6 inches of horn on the top of their heads. Re: Nilgai, How much gun is enough? Cows will dress between 180 to 260 lbs, so figure 100 lb plus of meat. I've been planning a return bout with nilgai ever since I failed to bring home meat from a 1998 hunt on the King Ranch. Since the capes are large and heavy, overnight shipping charges of the cape may be as much as $350+ for a shoulder mount cape. The nilgai is categorised as Least Concern by the IUCN.