Most delicious big game meat?

[Steve H]

Ones that have been chased around with a pickup for a half hour before being shot are a different story though.

I think that is true with just about any game animal. IMHO if they are running they build up latic acid in their meat and that will give you a bad & strong taste to it. Also proper field dressing and care of the meat plays a big factor in how good it is.

 

[Nathanael_Greene]

Axis venison, not only the best game I've ever eaten, but darned near the best meat of any kind I've ever had.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Bighorn sheep is OK, basically mutton. Black bear meat is interesting, but I wouldn't want to subsist on it. Oryx is excellent.

Pronghorns can be anywhere from so-so to excellent. Depends on what they've been eating, how they are taken, and how the meat is cared for. We get them field dressed, then straight to the ranch house to be skinned and washed out with cold water, then peppered down and covered to keep the flies off. Packing the chest cavity with ice also helps. Early October on the eastern Colorado plains can see a lot of warm days still...

 

[KINGMAX]

Scimitar-Horned Oryx

This Scimitar-Horned Oryx is one beautiful animal. How could anyone shoot one of those???[

 

[MCgunner]

None of the above

Wild pig

Well, probably quail and pheasant before wild pig, but since you seem to be talkin' about big game animals......wild pig. I ate elk once, but can't remember what it tasted like. Alligator is pretty good fried up in strips. Rattle snake ain't bad deep fried, tastes like chicken...

 

[wankerjake]

I like mule deer and coues whitetail a lot, but elk burgers are hard to beat. I voted elk.

 

[Marlin 45 carbine]

I've eaten black bear - one that was taken nearby a farm - it had been feeding on field corn and an apple orchard, very tasty. I din't take it a buddy got him.
venison taken near farm/orchard land is mighty tasty.

 

[Liberty1776]

for my taste...

moose
pronghorn
bison
caribou
elk
mule deer
whitetail
bear

grocery store beef is 65 on a scale of 100. All the above game meats score above 92 on the same scale... as long as I have friends that are more successful hunters than I am, (and share) I'm happy...

 

[Publius1688]

I haven't had all of these, but quite a few, and the backstrap (tenderloin) of a young doe--taken legally, of course!, cut thin, floured, salted and peppered, then sauteed in butter, served up with fresh biscuits, is simply the best deer-camp breakfast.

 

[Tacbandit]

Whitetail continues to be my favorite...I eat the stuff year-round. Elk and pronghorn are good, mulie is ok, and black bear(once) was a little greasy, but very good.
Whitetail tenderloin and backstrap rule!!!!! IMHO....
Put some shish-ka-bobs together with some cubed venison, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, and cherry tomatos...marinated for a while...and when the kabobs hit that hot grill...M-A-N.......It's worth it just for the smell...And the taste....WOW...."That's fit to eat", as they say here in the South...

 

[TimboKhan]

but I'll rate them quail, then pheasant, then blue grouse, then doves.

I don't disagree that all the above are tasty, but if there is a better tasting bird than Chukkar, I don't know what it is.

From a more exotic perspective, I have heard, but cannot personally confirm, that Giraffe is quite good. Evidently, it is a white meat similar to pork.

 

[t george]

always heard that orix(spelling?) was good meat!

 

[Weedy]

Dall sheep is the best meat of any kind I've ever had. Hard earned though.

 

[nathan]

Any of them as long its cooked right .

 

[blackops]

Caribou...I haven't had the luxury of feasting on all of these great animals, but Caribou IMO is excellent meat.

 

[Speedo66]

Only had whitetail, so no comparison.

Pheasant is excellent too. Rabbit is good. Nothing wrong with domestic goat either.

I've had reindeer in Sweden, didn't care for it, won't eat it again.

 

[CoRoMo]

This Scimitar-Horned Oryx is one beautiful animal. How could anyone shoot one of those???

Use an adequate rifle/optic, aim for the shoulder, just behind it, or even the upper neck.
Squeeze off the shot, and enjoy the eatins. It's really not that difficult.

 

[skiking]

Elk is my favorite followed by deer then bear and then caribou

 

[MCgunner]

Rabbits are "cute" and fun to shoot and good to eat. Cute never kept me from killin' it. If I only could shoot ugly animals, I guess I'd have to stick to hogs. No biggy as the meat is my favorite. What I really like about hogs is you can grill or BBQ and they don't turn to boot leather. Oh, I know you will say you can "grill" venison if you "do it right". IMHO, if you have to do some weird cooking routine or marinate it in some expensive french wine or something to make it palatable, it ain't the best meat. That said, cooked right, I like waterfowl. ROFL!

 

[HGUNHNTR]

I sure like goat, quail, elk, rabbit and duck. I had a delicious rabbit tagine while in Morocco, thats gotta be tops.

It kinda annoys me when folks say certain meats taste "gamey" just because it doesn't taste like beef. Thats the way its supposed to taste!

 

[Whitman31]

I voted for Whitetail, only because it's the only one I've eaten enough of to really know. If pheasants are being mentioned, then grouse needs to be brought up.

With the wrong person doing the cooking all can be ruined easily...

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Yeah, I agree with that HGUNHNTR. Some yahoo was trying to tell my dad and I the other day about some solution he soaks his deer in to get the wild taste out of it. Said it would taste just like beef. Our question was then why do you get out of bed at 4:00 am if you want beef. You can go to Wally World at high noon and get all of that you want. Of course you get all kinds of added chemical preservatives too.

 

[CoRoMo]

...turn to boot leather. Oh, I know you will say you can "grill" venison if you "do it right". IMHO, if you have to do some weird cooking routine or marinate it in some expensive french wine or something to make it palatable, it ain't the best meat.

Yup!

 

[okierifleman]

Axis deer is better than anything on the list, followed by elk, pronghorn, caribou. After I found axis, I dont eat much whitetail anymore. Good thing I have plenty of people lined up to take all the deer meat I can give them.

 

[Coltdriver]

I shot a pronghorn this year. It was 44 degrees out when I shot it. Within 10 minutes of shooting it I had field dressed it. Within another hour I had it skinned, quartered and on ice. Four hours later it was vacuum packed and in the freezer.

The meat is absolutely spectacular. The backstraps are like top grade fillet beef with a milder flavor. The ribs are like beef ribs just milder.

I still have the rest in the freezer. I think the gamey flavor you hear about, which I have experience as a strong liver flavor in deer, comes from not promptly processing the meat and getting it cooled.

I have had elk, deer and now pronghorn. Speed goat is for me, by far, the best so far.