The meat is fantastic... I've eaten elk, moose, deer, antelope, etc. and I'd have to say Caribou is the best I've eaten.. It's very tasty (very mild...not gamey) and so far the steaks we've had have been very, very tender. I brought back the two I killed and another hunter gave me some of his meat as he was going on a moose hunt the following week and couldn't take all of his meat. I drove up. I brought coolers for the meat. They freeze it there after they bone it out, so it kept just fine on the way home. I had a 17 hour drive back and just put ice in the coolers... I put one bag in each cooler and still had Ice when I got home.