[GRB]

What is the best tasting game that you have ever shot, then eaten.

For me I guess it would be cottontail rabbit, when I was broke and needed some food, while working in the Border Patrol back in 1983. One of the best tasting meals I have ever had.

Other great tasting game I have shot and then eaten have been: Bobwhite Quail, Whitetail Deer, Mourning Doves, and Gray Squirrel.

Of course I have had better game, but that was shot by someone other than me, and this question specifically means game you have eaten, but that was first shot by you.

All the best,
Glenn B

[Floppy_D]

Wild turkey and rabbit.

[45crittergitter]

Puddle ducks and doves.

[Lennyjoe]

By far the best wild game I've ever eaten is Elk!

Deer, pheasant, quail, rabbit and wild turkey are also very good table fare.

Squirrel, ducks and doves are not bad either.

[Regolith]

Best wild game I've eaten, but not shot, was roasted elk.

Best wild game I've eaten that I shot was a mule deer that was turned into jerky by my father using his own recipe. Good eating.

I like birds ok, but biting down on a random piece of shot kind of ruins the experience.

[teknoid]

Wild turkey and rabbit.

Yep, Wild Turkey goes great with rabbit... Oh, wait! You meant the one NOT in the bottle. Sorry.

Same for me, though. Turkey is easy around here. The trick is to shoot 'em instead of running them over. I don't know how good they would taste after a good "truck tenderizing".

[Kimber1911_06238]

best eaten but not shot was moose. venison is hard to beat as far as i'm concerned ;)

[gunman42782]

I would rather eat rabbit than about any critter there is. But, I like deer too.

[Gewehr98]

Bluegills from Green Lake, WI:

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[MCgunner]

Quail
Rabbit
Squirrel
Wild boar

Not necessarily in that order.

[Chuck Dye]

Pheasant (with wild mushroom, wild rice, and chestnut stuffing,) barely edges out a rather long list. I am, more or less, a "what's in front of me" kind of guy.

[Nathanael_Greene]

Last weekend I shot a small pig that my brother-in-law then smoked whole overnight. All of it was very tender and tasty, but the backstraps were truly excellent. Better than any store-bought pork I've ever had.

A close second would be axis venison; the same brother-in-law shot it the day I shot a fallow buck (back a couple of years ago). The fallow was good, but that axis was wonderful. Compared to that, whitetail venison is Spam.

[the lone gunman]

I always said if I was on death row and they wanted to know what my last meal would be,,,no question..........Rabbit

[1KPerDay]

My neighbor's veal calf that wandered into my yard.
















j/k :D

[BENELLIMONTE]

The tastiest big game vittles that I have shot? That would definitely be the cow moose I shot in Idaho in 1997.
"Moose the other red meat"

[moosehunt]

#1. Wart Hog
#2. Moose
#3. Mule Deer
#4. Kudu
#5. Cape Buf.

Comments: Rocky Mtn. Goat is ultra-delicious as far as flavor, but lacks tenderness on the order of boot sole leather!
Cape buf is a bit lacking in tenderness, or would rank higher. It tastes quite similar to beef.

Worst tasting: Merganser, also contending is a black bear from southern Alaska. I know, B. bear can be good, and I've had it good, but this bear was inedible to the point of making my worst list.

Things I want the opportunity to taste: Elephant, whale, walrus, seal, hippo.

Have to edit in frog legs--they slipped my mind. They might fit in about #3, slipping those others down a notch. Goog vetels, those big 'ol Kentucky frog legs!

Now someone mentioned Salmon--I never shot one, but it ranks #1 above those listed above! Then there is Dungeness Crab--if fresh, it is the new #1, so now we've dropped wart hog to # 3. But I believe the question was something to do with "shot".

[Floppy_D]

Yep, Wild Turkey goes great with rabbit... Oh, wait! You meant the one NOT in the bottle. Sorry.
You don't know that's not what I meant. :D

Cape buf? Did you shoot it? That's gotta be a story.

[ArmedBear]

1. Quail
2. North American Bison (sometimes #1, sometimes not, depends on what cut and there is a lot of variety in there)

Dove can be okay, but my mouth isn't exactly watering on opening day. Brine and taco seasoning can do a lot for dove meat.

I've had bad luck with cottontail. Maybe if we could cook it so it wasn't like a boot sole... The Pit Bull liked it, though. She ate the whole thing, bones and all.

How do you make cottontail right?

(Our jackrabbits are actually pretty similar to cottontails, just bigger. They must eat the same things.)

[Bigdtc]

Mourning Doves by far...Pan fried in a black pepper sauce.

[eliphalet]

How do you compare a spring salmon to a young cow elk or quail? to many variables in what your palate is ready for, the chef, or how it is prepared. No way to choose just one.

[mike724]

It's all in how it's cooked. My best dish was Mojo pork, from a small sow I arrowed.
Place the meat (Whole rear 1/4 for me) in a covered cassarole.
Add one quart of Mojo marinade sauce.
Cook at 400 for 4 hours.
Remove bones and pull/chop all the meat.
Add finely sliced onions and a cup of sour orange juice.
Cook for an additional hour at 350.
Yumm!!

[Battlespace]

Wild Turkey (the feathered type). I would rather have Marker's Mark over the liquid Wild Turkey.

[ADKWOODSMAN]

Ruffed grouse and frogs legs--love to watch those legs jump around in the pan when the salt hits them!

[mainebear]

#1 Rabbit
#2 Moose
#3 Deer
#4 Bear (If done properly)

I see that nobody mentioned Bear. But it really is good if it's a young un, and was handled properly. Really Really good.

[ArmedBear]

How do you compare a spring salmon to a young cow elk or quail?

I forgot to mention elk, but I've never shot one. I've eaten elk shot by others, though, and the post asked about what "you've shot, then eaten."

However, I don't anticipate shooting a spring salmon. Is that legal?

[Arkie]

mmmmmmmmm, Yep, Frog Legs!!! Egg battered with salt and pepper and roll them in flour. Throw them in a pan with hot oil and fry those babies up.

[308win]

Quail
Pheasant or Rabbit (tie)
Dove
Squirrel
Deer Liver same day

[neal7250]

Coon, Squirl. Rabbit, Deer, bear.

[buck460XVR]

1) grouse

2) wild turkey

3) venison

4) pheasant

5) rabbit

6) woodcock

7) squirrel

[one-shot-one]

#1. fresh cut white tail back strap slow cooked over mesquite (sp?).
#2. quail slow roasted and server on a bed of wild rice cooked with pinapple.
#3. rest of the white tail.
#4. friedfrog legs. (would not have remembered this if others had not reminded me):p

[moosehunt]

Mr. Floopy D---Yes, I shot the buf, but I ate the meat from several others as well. No big story. Good meat.

[GRB]

I wil admit frogs' legs are grerat, but I catch em by hand, or in a net, I don't shoot em - so I didn't included em. They are great though, mmmmmm mmmmm good!

[LAK]

A hare I shot in my youth in europa.

Pre-roasted the meat, made a perfect - unintended(!) - "puff pastry" crust and pie lid, added vegetables and juices, etc, and baked a perfect and very tasty hare pie. Regret; I have never duplicated this feat; I only wish I had recorded my precise pastry ingredients and ratios.

Always measure your ingredients and record them including methods, temperatures and times. That way when you get it right, you have a solid repeatable recipe.

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[H&Hhunter]

1. grysbok
2. Impala
3. Kudu
4. Cape buffalo
5. Oryx


American game
1. Moose
2. Elk
3. Whitetail
4. Quail/pheasant

The worlds worst game meat

Javalina followed by water buck.

[K3]

Quail.

I'd say elk, but I wasn't the one who shot it. I haven't gone elk hunting yet. Soon....

[MCgunner]

H&H

Javelina ain't TOO bad if you prep it right. Then again, is so danged dry, you need a chain saw to cut it. :rolleyes: Best used for shredded meat for tamales, but the back straps are tasty, what little is there. Makes some pretty fine tamales, though. From what I've heard about bear meat, I think I might rather eat Javelina than bear if forced to eat one or the other. LOL But, I'd wanna be the one to butcher and prep it. It takes near a weak to soak the funk out of the crap. LOL

[El General]

The best I have had was a small (25 lb?) feral hog. We marinated it in whatever we had on hand for a couple of hours, then smoked it over mesquite and live oak for 5-6 hours wrapped in foil. The last thirty minutes we opend the foil to char the exterior a bit. It was outstanding.

[Eric F]

O'de to the beaver,

Beaver is tasty beaver is great bever is best served on a plate.

You can bake broil and baste it but you never know until you taste it.

Weather your beaver is fat or thin if you eat it you will have a grin.

Beaver is tasty yes indeed a friend with out beaver is a friend in need.

So share beaver and be warm felt but the best way to eat beaver is with a fresh shorn pelt

[moosehunt]

Mr. H&Hunter--You suggest that Waterbuck is not good to eat. I was told that many times, but when I finally got around to shooting one, I insisted, against the PH's wishes, that we prepare some. I had him instruct the blacks to skin it carefully and NOT let the oily hair come in contact with the carcass. That evening, or perhaps it was the next, we cooked it over coals (the PH and I both enjoyed cooking and had taken over the meat preparation for evening meals). The PH had no confidense and made sure that we also cooked several Kudu steaks. Guess what--the Waterbuck was gone first, much at the assistance of the PH. I asked him why he had said it was so bad, and asked why it was better this time? He then allowed as how he had never eaten it, but his dad had told him it was bad. Well, at any rate, that Waterbuck was excellent! I've never quizzed the PH as to whether or not he has eaten since. I've always wondered since just how many of those who say Waterbuck is inedible have actually tasted it, or if it was what dad told them. Also, being certain to keep any hair contact from the meat may have been critical.

[H&Hhunter]

Mr. Moosehunt,

I tried some waterbuck in South Africa several years ago. It could have choked a maggot off a gut pile.;)

Possibly it was the preparation but it was the nastiest crud I've ever tried. It tasted a mix between kerosene and bat dung.

Maybe I'll have another go this sumer in Zimbabwe if I get into a decent water buck.

Oh I forgot another horrible game meat I've had was a Persian Ibex billy. :barf::barf:

It smelled and tasted like ten years of bad goat musk.

[Corey ACP]

#1 Hungarian partridge - (excellent for a small bird)
#2 Ruffed or Blue grouse
#3 Young Elk

Although everything tastes better when you are camping!

[Pat S]

Antelope steak battered and fried.

[Marlin 45 carbine]

various game I took around a large corn field including opposum, squirell, whitetail deer, dove, duck, rabbit, grouse. corn fed is the best IMO. venison was really tender, the grilled liver with onions superb with brown rice and squash casserole. I lived in a farm area several years and the farmers let me range around - also an apple orchard nearby drew the game in. fattest game I've ever seen. coons also. 12 gauge magnum heaven.

[cobrian45]

#1 Eland
#2 Axis
#3 Nilgai (if a tender cut)
#4 American Bison (same as above)
#5 Wild Pig
#6 White-tail

Now, I've had Elk and it would be in the middle there somewhere but I wasn't the first to put the bullet in one. It's still really darn good.

Birds
#1 Pheasant
#2 Quail
#3 Turkey
#4 Dove (my boss called them flying livers, but I still like 'em)

[Wheeler44]

Chukar

Pheasant

Grouse

Ok, so I haven't had a need to hunt big game yet, my family are all efficient hunters and I am the happy recipient of their efforts.

[skinewmexico]

Axis, Sika, then Elk. Or maybe swap the Sika and Elk.

[TAB]

1 deer jerky
2 deer jerky
3 deer jerky
4 elk jerky
5 bore
6 deer jerky
7 duck
8 deer jerky
9 rabbit
10 deer jerky.


there is my top 10

[sm]

Quail

[Sav .250]

Wild Boar. Shot a few while in Germany some years ago and those boys
some kind of good!
Some spuds, gravy and of course a cold beer . Everbody likes something,
so it`s wild boar for me.

[tmajors]

White Sturgeon

But if I'm limited to land animals actually shot I'm gonna have to second "Deer Liver same day"

[HunterGirl]

oh my....any number of the corn fed Minnesota White Tail deer I've shot over the years.

Tenderloins for breakfast after we drag them in and get them hung up :)

HG

[NAM7071]

The Best Ive Had Is Axis And Wild Turkey The Birb Not The Bottle.

[1911NM]

Elk has always been my favorite, but grew up eating it. My grandmother had a recipe for canning elk that was out of this world. Then probably Venison, rabbit, and young antelope that hasn't been run makes a yummy roast with mushrooms and onion soup mix.

[Deer Hunter]

It's a toss up between the sandhill crane and bald eagle.

[NAM7071]

I would say that would be a toss :barf:

[NAM7071]

Now this is good eating 72518

[HunterGirl]

and since some of you are including things you shot with a hook - I'd say a nice 3 pound walleye fried in peanut oil....

now I'm hungry.....:cool:

[cobrian45]

TAB
Add dried sausage to that line-up and it would be perfect.

[Omaney]

Loin roast from a feral hog
Mourning dove brochettes
Any venison loin (the further north taken, the better)