Have you ever tried any of the following wild game? If so, how would rate the taste, texture, & overall consumption of the meat?

None of these

When cooked properly, the "wild" meats are delicious. I like Venison stew, when seasoned properly.

Also caribou.

From this list, deer. I've also had bear which is fantastic. I've heard about how great wild turkey is but I've unfortunately never had it.

Deer/moose
Rabbit
Wild Goose
Wild Duck

All good!!!

I may have had deer meat at some point. I'm not positive.

Wild? Only duck, rabbit deer and moose (got some in the freezer now). I liked them all, I cook them and I know how! I tried some of the others but they weren't wild....

> From this list, deer. I've also had bear which is fantastic. I've
> heard about how great wild turkey is but I've unfortunately never
> had it.


I've had bear and come to think of it, raccoon as well (it was properly prepared and really delicious!). There used to be this wild game dinner held yearly in Vermont that my Dad often participated in (he was the entertainment!) - Hmmm, maybe the turkey was wild too? I always thought that the turkey was there to appease the weaker stomachs who were forced to tag along to the dinner!

If I tried any of that, I was too young to remember

I'd still like to try rabbit meat. I had the liver once and it was excellent.

I've eaten venison sausage. You can't really tell what it is. It's sausage.

I've had bear a number of times. Funny that isn't an option. Most of the time people grind it up like hamburger and use it in much the same manner. I've had spaghetti made with ground bear meat, hamburgers...Bear stew...It's a little gamey. Not exactly filet mignon...

Bear meat must be a Canadian thing. I noticed we were the only ones that seemed to notice it missing from the list.

Maybe it is... I'm telling you I really liked that bear.

I did a google search on "bear meat" and found a lot of articles about trichinosis.

Wild duck. Once.

If it swims or flies I don't eat it. I prefer my meat to have mooooooooo'd in its past.

My neighbor's brother cut some meat off a deer he had strung up (mostly skinned, with hooves sticking out in all directions), then handed it to me. That was a couple months ago. We made stew from it. It tasted pretty good. But, we didn't sleep so well the night he handed the meat to us. There was an odd smell that was hard to forget.

Squirrel, rabbit, venison.

My mum made rabbit, but I couldn't make myself eat it.

Raccoon? Who'd eat a raccoon? Those things are dirty.

The ones I checked plus...mountain lion, bear, elk, antelope, buffalo, ostrich, and rocky mountain oysters

I'm not a big meat eater though I've tried alot of meat...I like most of it but my favorite would have to be deer jerky

Deer, quail, pheasant, rabbit, alligator, wild duck and wild hog.

Making me sick here you cannibals who eat others

> Deer, quail, pheasant, rabbit, alligator, wild duck and wild hog.

Yuck" cannibals

Why are deer and moose clumped into one choice? I've had deer, but not moose. Not a fan of deer... very gamey. Rabbit tastes like chicken. I've had alligator meat in chili before, and it was good. The goose was smoked and very salty. In the 'other' category, I've had elk, bear, buffalo, antelope and shark before. All were very good. Right now I have about thirty pounds of elk burger in my freezer. Elk makes a great lean burger.

What is a field rat?

> Making me sick here you cannibals who eat others

Jessica... you don't eat meat at all?

i've tasted shark before. It was good. That was when I ate meat.

I have had all of those except for:
Field rat
Wild hog
and woodchuck.
I have also had bear, elk, caribou(sp?). I eat buffalo all the time but its not wild. I know a guy who raises them. I have two freezers full of dear, buffalo, elk, moose and of course beef.

> Why are deer and moose clumped into
> one choice? I've had deer, but not
> moose. Not a fan of deer... very gamey.
> Rabbit tastes like chicken. I've had
> alligator meat in chili before, and
> it was good. The goose was smoked and
> very salty. In the 'other' category,
> I've had elk, bear, buffalo, antelope
> and shark before. All were very good.
> Right now I have about thirty pounds
> of elk burger in my freezer. Elk makes
> a great lean burger.
>
> What is a field rat?

Love elk burger. The buffalo I get is real lean too and makes a great burger.

Yeah, but now that I know more about endangered species, I won't eat shark again. This was back in high school, before I really knew anything.

The buffalo I had was a steak. A bit of gristle in it, but it sure was good. I really like elk... I like that it doesn't stink up the kitchen when you cook it like deer does.

> |> Making me sick here you cannibals who eat others
>
> Jessica... you don't eat meat at all?

I do love hamburger, turkey burger , steaks and I do eat some meat and I love my hot dogs with macaroni and cheese, but I hate to see some being hunted and shot cannot take it, those poor animals

When I think of "wild game" I don't think of food.

But you do know how those hamburgers, turkey burgers and steaks end up on your dinner plate don't you.....?

Well I do almost all my meat cooking outside so I have never noticed that. I just smell good ole grill and/or smoker. I have the steaks sometimes too and your right on them. I usually stick to beef when I'm doing steaks.

> When I think of "wild game" I don't
> think of food.

What then?

none

The smell of meat... ick.

For some reason, even though I'm the minority in my way of thinking... it still surprises me (and disturbs me) that other people don't carry around the same amount of guilt that I do about animals. It's silly I guess.. because I know that I'm ultra sensitive about it (I call it my curse).. Sometimes I feel like maybe I carry around extra guilt about the death of that deer or any of this wild game we're talking about.. just to make up for everyone else in the world who feels none... People must find it strange that I do eat meat. I like some of it--- as long as it doesn't just taste like MEAT... like a steak, or a plain burger or hunk of chicken. I'm such a hypocrite I'm far less sensitive about meat when it's packaged... and I'm further removed from the horrible process that put it there.

We got a big chunk of meat from that same deer for romkey, and he cooked it near Xmas, but he has trouble eating it... I'm not that into steak either... If the deer population is not controlled, it does lead to problems. They will destroy things, like trees (scraping the bark off). Also, the tick population explodes, so more Lime disease and suffering for pets that go out. Even for the deer, over winter there isn't that much food. So, if the population is high, many deer starve to death. We do have a place in the food chain. Certainly my cats don't have any hesitation with eating meat. We gave them some of the deer, even raw, and they loved it. Their kill rate for mice and other small rodents has been very high at times here. I'm not entirely OK with it, but I can see where there is a certain natural order of things.

> But you do know how those hamburgers, turkey burgers and steaks end
> up on your dinner plate don't you.....?

Yes and I do not even think about because I would become a vegetarian, and I do eat vegetarian at times and I have had friends who are vegetarian and eat no meat, but yes pork chops just bought some of those and eggs that we use come from these chickens that are raised and bred on farms, and growing up back home in Connecticut how I remember so well my family had chickens in this chicken coop outside, we went out and got our eggs from the chickens that we had back then plus we had dogs and cats and picked strawberries in the field behind our home back East in Connecticut and yes apples as well

> none

I just love your bulging avatar

Thanks!

I love it too.

man does he got a brother?

I finally decided to stop eating meat for this reason. I made the decision for myself. I know I can get the nutrition I need without killing an animal. I consider myself on the same par as all the other animals and don't feel I have the right to take their life if I don't need to. As I said, it is my decision for me. I can't make anyone else think or feel or do what I do. Now the smell of raw meat makes my stomach lurch. But I did enjoy eating meat when I did. I loved steak and turkey legs especially.

That's what I thought!

I'm happy to say I've never had any of them.

I've had all of the listed ones except for opossum, field rat, and raccoon. I'm not going into the tastes of all of them. I will say my favorite is deer.

I've had deer, quail and duck. I love duck, like quail, but find deer a bit rich. I also just had kangaroo spring rolls recently. Not bad!

Deer, quail, and rabbit. Deer is pretty gamey and meaty tasting, and I only like it in small doses. Quail and rabbit taste a lot like chicken. I've had goose and duck, but I don't think they were wild.

Rabit was an awful experience. But I ate it to be polite, my friend went through alot of trouble to cook it for me. Dry and gamey. I've had turtle. gamey and tough. Wild duck, old and tough,dry yet greasy. Wild turkey was good. Deer, I like, moose I love. Buffulo is my first choice.

> The ones I checked plus...mountain lion, bear,
> elk, antelope, buffalo, ostrich, and rocky mountain
> oysters

I love those Rocky Mountain Oysters. With an ice cold eer!

What!? You don't like a litlle Wild Turkey?

Sure I do - as long as it comes in a bottle, and is 90 proof.

Indeed. I remember bellying up to some bar a time ago and had some Wild Turkey with a friend of mine. It was mighty fine.

I've had venison, but the rabbit was domestic, not wild. The best Swiss Steak I ever had was Elk Swiss Steak.

I've had deer, rattlesnake, pheasant, quail, & alligator (ground gator tail burger). I've also had rabbit, but that was domestic from a supermarket. The venison was good, a lot leaner than beef. Rattlesnake was okay, Pheasant & quail tasted pretty similar to me. The alligator burger tasted like a cross between chicken & fish.