What's the worst-tasting game animal you've eaten? - Page 2

MarkCO · February 20, 2015, 08:15 PM

Snow Geese, rats on a wing.

Just FYI, in North America, we have "Pronghorn". Africa has "Antelope" which are different animals.

Chaz88 · February 20, 2015, 08:48 PM

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Just FYI, in North America, we have "Pronghorn". Africa has "Antelope" which are different animals.

You have a long road ahead of you correcting that nomenclature.

waveslayer · February 20, 2015, 09:10 PM

Duck and mule deer. Best ever was Fallow deer and red stag

Mike1 · February 20, 2015, 09:29 PM

Maybe just me, but I've never had a bad tasting Pronghorn. Cooked rare they're great.

Worst I've had was a rotten black bear.

Buzzcook · February 20, 2015, 09:32 PM

Goose was the worst and one of the best. I treated my first wild goose like it was farm raised and it ended up dry and nasty. Later I had a friend show me how to cook them right and they've been great since.

jimbob86
Jigging for squid is fairly popular out here.
Squid is another thing that you have to know how to cook. If you do its like very mild clams. Cook them either very very fast or very very slow.

An example of fast is to cut them into rings, put them in a colander and pour a pot full of boiling water over them. Toss them in pasta and cream sauce and you're done.
Slow would be simmered for two hours with tomato and eggplant.

Now pickled jellyfish skin, that's something to avoid

reynolds357 · February 20, 2015, 09:54 PM

OPossum tastes pretty nasty.

Auto5 · February 20, 2015, 11:24 PM

My mother had never cooked duck before I brought my first ones home. So tough, they were inedible. It was the only bad meal she ever cooked. Even the squirrels I brought home came out better. In the early 1980's, in the jungles of Peru, I shared a meal of some type of stew with the locals. All was well until I saw what looked like a small hand in the pot. Turned out to be monkey.

huntinaz · February 20, 2015, 11:57 PM

Coyote. Terrible.

rickyrick · February 21, 2015, 12:08 AM

Omg I was about to ask if anyone ever ate coyote lol

Chaz88 · February 21, 2015, 12:29 AM

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Coyote. Terrible.

Bought shot soda out of my nose! Pictures of it cooking and you eating it or it did not happen.

rickyrick · February 21, 2015, 01:03 AM

I have to admit that I once considered eating a coyote, but I could imagine no circumstance in which they'd taste good. Maybe wrapped in tinfoil and smoked... When finished, throw the coyote away and eat the foil

Panfisher · February 21, 2015, 09:41 AM

HuntinAZ, did you try any mountain lion?

jimbob86 · February 21, 2015, 10:03 AM

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OPossum tastes pretty nasty.

Having seen the back half of what had to have been a very hungry 'possom sticking out of the business end of a roadkilled skunk that had bloated in the sun all day...... I would never even consider eating one.

"It's a 'possum: don't touch it: you don't even want to know where it's been."

aarondhgraham · February 21, 2015, 10:30 AM

I almost forgot the field mouse.

When we were kids we roamed the open fields south of Oklahoma City.

Our code was to cook anything we killed.

I popped a field mouse one time,,,
Gutted it, stuck it on a stick, roasted it and ate it.

I don't remember it tasting especially bad,,,
But it sure wasn't good.

In ancient Rome,,,
Dormouse was a delicacy.

Aarond

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huntinaz · February 21, 2015, 11:13 AM

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Pictures of it cooking and you eating it or it did not happen.

I assure you I tried it, twice. Same coyote, two different meals. The first time got a 2 day heavy marinade and it was actually palatable but not what I'd consider good. The second time I didn't bother with the marinade... wow. I don't know how to adequately describe the flavor but chemically, kerosine, funk all come to mind. Really weird and disgusting. I won't do it again, and I eat some weird stuff. I'll try anything twice. For example, bobcat is very good eating.

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Maybe wrapped in tinfoil and smoked... When finished, throw the coyote away and eat the foil

Rick, don't do that. It'd just make the foil taste worse

Seriously though, it was not food meant for human consumption. Coyote I mean. You can eat a ball of tin foil if you had to.

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HuntinAZ, did you try any mountain lion?

PF: Yeah and it is excellent. It's as good as deer, I'm not kidding. I'm going to make it my business to get more lions.

dahermit · February 21, 2015, 11:23 AM

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People cooking can screw up any given meat that exists, but duck seems to be hard to get right. Bad duck is awful. Good duck is an unexpected treat.

There is no such thing as "Duck" when describing the taste. As I posted, each species tastes different. If you ate a Bufflehead, I guarantee a bad, if not memorable experience. If you roast a Wood duck with bread stuffing, it is very good. You cannot just say "duck" does not taste good unless you have tried every available species.

MarkCO · February 21, 2015, 11:49 AM

Yep, I have had excellent duck and disgusting duck.

Mountain Lion is good meat.

kraigwy · February 21, 2015, 11:57 AM

Beaver Tail:

When I was a kid I use to read trapper/mountain man books about how great beaver tail was.

So I gave it a try, best described as NASTY.

Taste like cotton soaked in fish oil.

HiBC · February 21, 2015, 11:57 AM

I go along with meat handling and preparation go a long way.Necks,shins,shanks,braised lowand slow,can be good.

A good example many of us have experienced is beef brisket.Go ahead,sear the outside and serve it medium rare.I doubt anyone will finish their serving.

But it can be superb.

I had to learn about antelope.I did a couple on my own in high school.I had some to learn,and those lived up to antelope's reputation for skunky poor eating.I then learned to empty my refrigerator before opening day.
Tag filled,gut immediately,bladder intact.Oh yeah,lung shoot them.
Then peel them immediately.Get the hide off.Get it cool.
Then I drive the meat home,quarter,and put it in my empty refrigerator.
Next,I drive back out to the ranch,enjoy the company,enjoy glassing and watching the rest of the hunt.Watch for coyotes,and at night,watch thesky and listen to coyotes.
Antelope tastes remarkably "normal" if you do that.I have not been eating veal,but I imagine antelope is veal-like.Just flour and brown in garlic butter.

I have eaten mountain lion.It was very good.I don't hunt them,but,it was offered.
Staying with the idea that handling iscritical,I may have a candidate for "bad".I did not shoot or dress these,they were given to me.
Little Brown Crane.I tried.but,as I was chewing,nausea began.Could not do it.It had aleachfield/sewage sort of flavor that seemed to emerge and grow as I chewed.

Buzzcook · February 21, 2015, 01:00 PM

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I popped a field mouse one time,,,
Gutted it, stuck it on a stick, roasted it and ate it.

Reminds me of the movie "Never Cry Wolf" based on the Farley Mowat book. The protagonist tries to live on a diet of mice as an experiment. Funny scene.

Chaz88 · February 21, 2015, 01:41 PM

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I assure you I tried it, twice. Same coyote, two different meals

My hat is off to you! I am the kind of person that will try about anything and have ate some fairly unbelievable things in different parts of the world. But after hunting and skinning coyotes I think you might have found the line I will not cross. Dog on the other hand is quite good, if handled properly, so maybe there is hope for coyote.

huntinaz · February 21, 2015, 02:02 PM

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But after hunting and skinning coyotes I think you might have found the line I will not cross.

Yeah, coyotes stink. The one I ate was a very mild-smelling one.

The stinkiest animal I've ever encountered however was the lion I just killed. That thing's ass end was the most powerful and rank smell I've ever experienced. I'd say his last meal was a skunk (his body did not smell, it was coming from under his tail), and combine that smell and potency with cat crap and that's what he smelled like. Horrible. Skinning and butchering that animal was not pleasant and to be honest if I hadn't heard soooo many good things about lion meat and been looking forward to trying it I don't know if I'd have kept it. Very glad I did, it is truly excellent meat.

Scorch · February 21, 2015, 03:46 PM

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Easy answer Woodchuck

LOL Reminded me of when I was in college, and a friend and I knew this one old guy (I think everybody knows someone like that) that had a recipe for just about everything. We tried his recipe for coot (nasty, even the cat wouldn't eat it), coyote (not too bad, but stringy), pigeons (very good, actually) and of course rockchuck. We marinated it and seasoned it, but when we tried to roast it, it dripped grease and caught fire and burned like a candle. Just tasted like a grease fire after that. Never tried it again, it might be good.

North East Redneck · February 21, 2015, 04:49 PM

Duck, I didn't shoot it and didn't ask what kind it was, but it was nasty.

JWT · February 21, 2015, 05:07 PM

Duck. By far.

February 20, 2015, 08:15 PM	#26
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,308	Snow Geese, rats on a wing. Just FYI, in North America, we have "Pronghorn". Africa has "Antelope" which are different animals. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

February 20, 2015, 11:24 PM	#32
Auto5 Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2013 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 662	My mother had never cooked duck before I brought my first ones home. So tough, they were inedible. It was the only bad meal she ever cooked. Even the squirrels I brought home came out better. In the early 1980's, in the jungles of Peru, I shared a meal of some type of stew with the locals. All was well until I saw what looked like a small hand in the pot. Turned out to be monkey. __________________ At the young age of five, a bear told me that I was the only person who could prevent forest fires. Why I was chosen, I'll never know.

February 20, 2015, 11:57 PM	#33
huntinaz Senior Member Join Date: September 21, 2010 Location: az Posts: 1,332	Coyote. Terrible. __________________ "When there’s lead in the air, there’s hope in the heart”- Hunter’s Proverb "Feed me, or feed me to something. I just want to be part of the food chain." -Al Bundy

February 21, 2015, 12:08 AM	#34
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Posts: 8,238	Omg I was about to ask if anyone ever ate coyote lol __________________ Woohoo, I’m back In Texas!!!

February 21, 2015, 01:03 AM	#36
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Posts: 8,238	I have to admit that I once considered eating a coyote, but I could imagine no circumstance in which they'd taste good. Maybe wrapped in tinfoil and smoked... When finished, throw the coyote away and eat the foil __________________ Woohoo, I’m back In Texas!!!

February 20, 2015, 09:10 PM	#28
waveslayer Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2013 Posts: 246	Duck and mule deer. Best ever was Fallow deer and red stag

February 20, 2015, 09:29 PM	#29
Mike1 Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2008 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 178	Maybe just me, but I've never had a bad tasting Pronghorn. Cooked rare they're great. Worst I've had was a rotten black bear.

February 20, 2015, 09:32 PM	#30
Buzzcook Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2007 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 6,126	Goose was the worst and one of the best. I treated my first wild goose like it was farm raised and it ended up dry and nasty. Later I had a friend show me how to cook them right and they've been great since. jimbob86 Jigging for squid is fairly popular out here. Squid is another thing that you have to know how to cook. If you do its like very mild clams. Cook them either very very fast or very very slow. An example of fast is to cut them into rings, put them in a colander and pour a pot full of boiling water over them. Toss them in pasta and cream sauce and you're done. Slow would be simmered for two hours with tomato and eggplant. Now pickled jellyfish skin, that's something to avoid

February 20, 2015, 09:54 PM	#31
reynolds357 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2012 Posts: 6,165	OPossum tastes pretty nasty.

February 21, 2015, 09:41 AM	#37
Panfisher Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,337	HuntinAZ, did you try any mountain lion?

February 21, 2015, 10:30 AM	#39
aarondhgraham Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2009 Location: Stillwater, OKlahoma Posts: 8,638	I almost forgot the field mouse,,, I almost forgot the field mouse. When we were kids we roamed the open fields south of Oklahoma City. Our code was to cook anything we killed. I popped a field mouse one time,,, Gutted it, stuck it on a stick, roasted it and ate it. I don't remember it tasting especially bad,,, But it sure wasn't good. In ancient Rome,,, Dormouse was a delicacy. Aarond . __________________ Never ever give an enemy the advantage of a verbal threat. Caje: The coward dies a thousand times, the brave only once. Kirby: That's about all it takes, ain't it? Aarond is good,,, Aarond is wise,,, Always trust Aarond! (most of the time)

February 21, 2015, 11:49 AM	#42
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,308	Yep, I have had excellent duck and disgusting duck. Mountain Lion is good meat. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

February 21, 2015, 11:57 AM	#43
kraigwy Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 11,061	Beaver Tail: When I was a kid I use to read trapper/mountain man books about how great beaver tail was. So I gave it a try, best described as NASTY. Taste like cotton soaked in fish oil. __________________ Kraig Stuart CPT USAR Ret USAMU Sniper School Distinguished Rifle Badge 1071

February 21, 2015, 11:57 AM	#44
HiBC Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Posts: 8,288	I go along with meat handling and preparation go a long way.Necks,shins,shanks,braised lowand slow,can be good. A good example many of us have experienced is beef brisket.Go ahead,sear the outside and serve it medium rare.I doubt anyone will finish their serving. But it can be superb. I had to learn about antelope.I did a couple on my own in high school.I had some to learn,and those lived up to antelope's reputation for skunky poor eating.I then learned to empty my refrigerator before opening day. Tag filled,gut immediately,bladder intact.Oh yeah,lung shoot them. Then peel them immediately.Get the hide off.Get it cool. Then I drive the meat home,quarter,and put it in my empty refrigerator. Next,I drive back out to the ranch,enjoy the company,enjoy glassing and watching the rest of the hunt.Watch for coyotes,and at night,watch thesky and listen to coyotes. Antelope tastes remarkably "normal" if you do that.I have not been eating veal,but I imagine antelope is veal-like.Just flour and brown in garlic butter. I have eaten mountain lion.It was very good.I don't hunt them,but,it was offered. Staying with the idea that handling iscritical,I may have a candidate for "bad".I did not shoot or dress these,they were given to me. Little Brown Crane.I tried.but,as I was chewing,nausea began.Could not do it.It had aleachfield/sewage sort of flavor that seemed to emerge and grow as I chewed.

February 21, 2015, 04:49 PM	#49
North East Redneck Senior Member Join Date: June 6, 2012 Location: Berkshire Hills Posts: 741	Duck, I didn't shoot it and didn't ask what kind it was, but it was nasty. __________________ NRA Patron Member SAF Life Member GOAL Member

February 21, 2015, 05:07 PM	#50
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	Duck. By far.