Best tasting Game You Have Shot

[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]

Shot 'em with a worm on a hook...

Bluegills from Green Lake, WI:

 

[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

 

[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.

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?