Best Tasting Animal?

[Ridge_Runner]

Interesting! Chicken of the tree is certainly a favorite of many.

What was your experience like with the groundhog?

young ones are very much like rabbit, pretty good if get them tender.

 

[NYDAN]

Dan, you forgot to mention Moose.

JD338

Jim, I didn't want to list the moose meat you gave us as being "mundane". It was special and we really enjoyed it. But, at that time, I hadn't yet learned how to grill it like I have learned to grill the elk. If I had learned how to do it then, it might have made the top of the list...

 

[Charlie-NY]

Fresh blue claw crabs. Nothing better.

 

[mjcmichigan]

I actually got to try Mountain Lion and it was amazing. Moose is very high on my list. Have a trapper friend who eats it all and picks beaver over all!

 

[Nannyhammer]

Bison, elk, whitetail and rabbits in that order.

 

[Slimfinn]

Now i want to go on a sheep hunt even more!

 

[salmonchaser]

Fresh blue claw crabs. Nothing better.

From the North Pacific, a meal of Black cod aka Sable fish or Butter fish, Dungeness crab and spot prawns would be impossible to beat.

 

[IdahoCTD]

From the North Pacific, a meal of Black cod aka Sable fish or Butter fish, Dungeness crab and spot prawns would be impossible to beat.

I'd just settle for spot prawns. We use to catch a bunch off of Vancouver Island.

 

[Blkram]

I have eaten a lot of other game I didn't list. (Whitetail, mule deer, pronghorn, mountain goat, black and grizzly bear; all good - didn't eat the wolf or coyotes...always heard it was poor doin's to serve dog! )
I know when I was very young we used to eat critters from the trapline: beaver, muskrat, squirrel, porcupine, and lynx...I just do not recall it.
Susan made us a meal of squirrel last year, and it was pretty tasty. She used a MeatEater recipe.
I've eaten Canada goose, ruffies, spruce hens, sharptail, duskies, ptarmigan, and hungarian partridge; ruffies are my favourite.

I love seafood...but have only caught some pink, coho and a Chinook to date. Still want to catch some rockfish and halibut! Have caught a few spotted prawns and dungeness crabs; mighty tasty!

 

[Blkram]

There is a lot to like about Eland!

Looking forward to my eland hunt in May!

 

[diverdown]

I've had WT, Mule deer, Caribou, Elk, Antelope, Moose, Wild Boar, Mountain Lion, Turkey, Duck, Partridge, Woodcock, Rabbit, Squirrel, Beaver and Raccoon.
My favorites are Moose, Elk and Caribou. Wood ducks and pretty dang good too.

JD338

Jim, Wood ducks are outstanding.

 

[1100 Remington Man]

I grew up in Iowa and my Mothers Pheasant & Dumplings is hard to beat ! What I have learned is one needs to Try Several recipes to find what one likes just like Deer Summer Sausage, some is Outstanding and some is just ok at best.
I truly believe it’s the Cook and not the Game that makes it Awesome.

 

[JD338]

I grew up in Iowa and my Mothers Pheasant & Dumplings is hard to beat ! What I have learned is one needs to Try Several recipes to find what one likes just like Deer Summer Sausage, some is Outstanding and some is just ok at best.
I truly believe it’s the Cook and not the Game that makes it Awesome. View attachment 28414

I have the same cook book!

JD338

 

[wvbuckbuster]

I like most of what everyone has picked, at least when offered the opportunity for some not native to my area.
Once heard a guy ask another if he had eaten woodpecker? The other said no he hadn't, what does it taste like. The guy said about like a Robin Go figure.

 

[Ridge_Runner]

I like most of what everyone has picked, at least when offered the opportunity for some not native to my area.
Once heard a guy ask another if he had eaten woodpecker? The other said no he hadn't, what does it taste like. The guy said about like a Robin Go figure.

standard reply is "Well, its better than Eagle"!

 

[8mm Enthusiast]

I just realized there was one time I had consumed a starling. Despite the appearance of the bird, it was very tasty.

 

[FOTIS]

Moose for me..

 

[RL338]

Whitetail backstrap.

 

[jimbires]

Whitetail backstrap.

coated in bread , or cracker crumbs , and fried in bacon grease .

EDIT TO ADD ;
sliced about 1/4" thick

 

[JD338]

coated in bread , or cracker crumbs , and fried in bacon grease .

EDIT TO ADD ;
sliced about 1/4" thick

Dang, that sounds good

JD338