Finest Tasting Game Meat? - Page 4

sum-rifle · August 29, 2005, 12:57 AM

I absolutely love quail basted in butter and baked in an oven for 15 minutes!
I voted for Moose however.
Elk would be a close second.
Wild Pig is fantastic and is becoming the #1 big game animal in California.
Bear (sausage and roasts) I have had has also been wonderful.

I have never had Bison/Buffalo but I am guessing it is great.
I have heard Mountain Lion is a very sweet tasting meat.

Pheasant and dove are good but I think Wild Turkey outclasses them both by a wide margin.

trooper3385 · September 21, 2005, 01:52 AM

I don't think anyone has listed this one, but the best tasting meat that I have ever had is Nilgia Antelope. Guess its a Texas thing.

Superhornet · September 21, 2005, 06:34 AM

Put your lips on some beaver.......its the best....

Mike P. · September 21, 2005, 10:09 AM

I chose rabbit. When I was a kid, I used to eat it alot at one of my friends' houses when I was a kid. It was either pan fried in bacon grease or lard. It was real tender and not gamy at all. As soon as one was shot, my friends' dad would skin and gut it, and then but it in a bucket full of cold brine water. I don't know if it was the best tasting game meat, but it was so much more tender and juicy than the DRY, tough barbecued rabbit that I'd had before that it stuck in my mind.

Evader1 · September 21, 2005, 11:13 AM

Thanks everyone! It's almost lunchtime and I'm ready to eat my notepad! I love meat to begin with but I'd say mine would be Bear and Venison followed by Squirrel and Rabbit. Bear is delicious. But when it comes to Backstrap from a Doe, That makes the hunt all worth it (and the butchering) when you've got a nice piece of medium-rare backstrap grilled with a special seasoning blend I make or wrapped in bacon, heck even with mashed taters and gravy. It's so tender and juicy you don't even want a knife. Mmmm Backstraps!!! Bear you can eat in stew or just a nice bear steak and you can't go wrong! Rabbit with biscuits and gravy or even squirrel, man, that's some down home cooking right there!!! Then again I'm a mountain boy at heart so I just love that kind of stuff! I even like heading to the stream down the road though and pulling out a few trout for grilling with some butter and seasoning. Although nothing beats a good hearty venison stew on a cold fall or winter day!! Can I get an Amen!?!!?!

FrontSight · September 21, 2005, 02:58 PM

I wish I could say I've tasted all of these...

ct456568 · October 8, 2005, 08:34 PM

What does bear meat taste like?

Capt. Charlie · October 8, 2005, 08:42 PM

Only had it once. It was tough, coarse, greasy, and gamey. Once was enough.

Wildalaska · October 8, 2005, 09:30 PM

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What does bear meat taste like?

Prepared properly absolutely delish! As long as its from a young blackie.

I voted deer, although moose would be second

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AJ Peacock · October 8, 2005, 09:37 PM

I helped cook a Bobcat over a cedar fire in eastern Utah in my youth. It was delicious, it tasted a lot like the Quail that he had obviously been eating.

Venison tenderloin rolled in pepper and cooked on a hot grill is REALLY hard to beat though.

AJ

Holman · October 19, 2005, 10:01 PM

Venison chili, jerky, and sausage! mmmmmmmmmm

clt46910 · October 21, 2005, 10:45 AM

Dove breast roasted in wild rice...

Chunked venison cooked up in pinto beans with fried potatoes and cornbread on the side...

Small Butter fried venison steaks with eggs and fried potatoes for breakfast....
(meat has to be processed right for steaks to be tender)

Tenderized rabbit cooked slow over coals with pinto beans on the side and homemade white bread....

Diced rabbit, quail, and dove cooked together into a stew with dumplings baked over the top....

Just a few...I love to cook wild game...

rapier144 · October 21, 2005, 11:15 AM

its a toss up between cougar or beaver tail.

dgc940 · October 23, 2005, 10:50 PM

frog legs for me

View Poll Results: Finest Tasting Game Meat?
Squirrel	8	6.50%
Rabbit	7	5.69%
Possum	4	3.25%
Deer	42	34.15%
Moose	15	12.20%
Bear	1	0.81%
Quail	16	13.01%
Pheasant	14	11.38%
Duck	13	10.57%
Goose	3	2.44%
Voters: 123. You may not vote on this poll

September 21, 2005, 01:52 AM	#77
trooper3385 Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2005 Location: South Texas Posts: 814	Nilgia I don't think anyone has listed this one, but the best tasting meat that I have ever had is Nilgia Antelope. Guess its a Texas thing.

September 21, 2005, 11:13 AM	#80
Evader1 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: Pa Posts: 171	Thanks everyone! It's almost lunchtime and I'm ready to eat my notepad! I love meat to begin with but I'd say mine would be Bear and Venison followed by Squirrel and Rabbit. Bear is delicious. But when it comes to Backstrap from a Doe, That makes the hunt all worth it (and the butchering) when you've got a nice piece of medium-rare backstrap grilled with a special seasoning blend I make or wrapped in bacon, heck even with mashed taters and gravy. It's so tender and juicy you don't even want a knife. Mmmm Backstraps!!! Bear you can eat in stew or just a nice bear steak and you can't go wrong! Rabbit with biscuits and gravy or even squirrel, man, that's some down home cooking right there!!! Then again I'm a mountain boy at heart so I just love that kind of stuff! I even like heading to the stream down the road though and pulling out a few trout for grilling with some butter and seasoning. Although nothing beats a good hearty venison stew on a cold fall or winter day!! Can I get an Amen!?!!?! Last edited by Evader1; September 22, 2005 at 10:53 AM.

October 8, 2005, 08:42 PM	#83
Capt. Charlie Moderator Emeritus Join Date: March 24, 2005 Location: Steubenville, OH Posts: 4,446	Only had it once. It was tough, coarse, greasy, and gamey. Once was enough. __________________ TFL Members are ambassadors to the world for firearm owners. What kind of ambassador does *your* post make *you?* I train in earnest, to do the things that I pray in earnest, I'll never have to do. --Capt. Charlie

October 8, 2005, 09:37 PM	#85
AJ Peacock Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2004 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 127	Bobcat is awesome. I helped cook a Bobcat over a cedar fire in eastern Utah in my youth. It was delicious, it tasted a lot like the Quail that he had obviously been eating. Venison tenderloin rolled in pepper and cooked on a hot grill is REALLY hard to beat though. AJ

August 29, 2005, 12:57 AM	#76
sum-rifle Junior Member Join Date: August 28, 2005 Posts: 13	I absolutely love quail basted in butter and baked in an oven for 15 minutes! I voted for Moose however. Elk would be a close second. Wild Pig is fantastic and is becoming the #1 big game animal in California. Bear (sausage and roasts) I have had has also been wonderful. I have never had Bison/Buffalo but I am guessing it is great. I have heard Mountain Lion is a very sweet tasting meat. Pheasant and dove are good but I think Wild Turkey outclasses them both by a wide margin.

September 21, 2005, 06:34 AM	#78
Superhornet Senior Member Join Date: March 24, 2005 Location: florida Posts: 292	Put your lips on some beaver.......its the best....

September 21, 2005, 10:09 AM	#79
Mike P. Junior member Join Date: March 4, 2005 Location: Under Western Skies Posts: 100	I chose rabbit. When I was a kid, I used to eat it alot at one of my friends' houses when I was a kid. It was either pan fried in bacon grease or lard. It was real tender and not gamy at all. As soon as one was shot, my friends' dad would skin and gut it, and then but it in a bucket full of cold brine water. I don't know if it was the best tasting game meat, but it was so much more tender and juicy than the DRY, tough barbecued rabbit that I'd had before that it stuck in my mind.

September 21, 2005, 02:58 PM	#81
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	I wish I could say I've tasted all of these...

October 8, 2005, 08:34 PM	#82
ct456568 Member Join Date: October 5, 2005 Posts: 20	What does bear meat taste like?

October 19, 2005, 10:01 PM	#86
Holman Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 283	Venison chili, jerky, and sausage! mmmmmmmmmm

October 21, 2005, 10:45 AM	#87
clt46910 Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 149	Dove breast roasted in wild rice... Chunked venison cooked up in pinto beans with fried potatoes and cornbread on the side... Small Butter fried venison steaks with eggs and fried potatoes for breakfast.... (meat has to be processed right for steaks to be tender) Tenderized rabbit cooked slow over coals with pinto beans on the side and homemade white bread.... Diced rabbit, quail, and dove cooked together into a stew with dumplings baked over the top.... Just a few...I love to cook wild game... __________________ Chuck in Indiana

October 21, 2005, 11:15 AM	#88
rapier144 Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2005 Location: tennessee Posts: 686	best tasting meat its a toss up between cougar or beaver tail.

October 23, 2005, 10:50 PM	#89
dgc940 Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2005 Location: Graham Texas Posts: 258	frog legs for me