Favorite game meat..

[Robinhood21]

I love all game meat and eat it several times a week.

This is my ranking:

1. Moose

2. Pronghorn

3. Elk

4 Deer

 

 

[GaryH]

52 minutes ago, Robinhood21 said:

I love all game meat and eat it several times a week.

This is my ranking:

1. Moose

2. Pronghorn

3. Elk

4 Deer

 

 

He’s a beast. Nice bull. Congrats 

[12poundbass]

2 hours ago, Robinhood21 said:

I love all game meat and eat it several times a week.

This is my ranking:

1. Moose

2. Pronghorn

3. Elk

4 Deer

 

 

Robinhood didn’t use a gun! ?

 

I had moose two years ago and it was dang good! I’ve always heard antelope didn’t taste very good. I’ve never had it though. 

[Robinhood21]

28 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Robinhood didn’t use a gun! ?

 

I had moose two years ago and it was dang good! I’ve always heard antelope didn’t taste very good. I’ve never had it though. 

Haha!  I only rifle hunt when I go out of the state of Kansas.  Try to make it most of those trips ?

 

Antelope got a bad rap back in the day when a lot of out of starters would travel to Wyoming, shoot Pronghorn, strap them to the top of their vehicle and drive home.  The key to to skin them and cool the meat down fast.  It really is incredibly good if you take care of the meat properly.  

1 hour ago, GaryH said:

He’s a beast. Nice bull. Congrats 

Thanks!  Lifelong dream!

[12poundbass]

3 hours ago, Robinhood21 said:

Haha!  I only rifle hunt when I go out of the state of Kansas.  Try to make it most of those trips ?

I get it. Just jerking your chain. I made 4 trips out to Nebraska and took my 30-06 every time. I have the same mindset as you. If I’m going to pony up the money to hunt out of state I’m going to be dang sure I’m putting the odds in my favor as much as possible. 

[Robinhood21]

1 hour ago, 12poundbass said:

I get it. Just jerking your chain. I made 4 trips out to Nebraska and took my 30-06 every time. I have the same mindset as you. If I’m going to pony up the money to hunt out of state I’m going to be dang sure I’m putting the odds in my favor as much as possible. 

Exactly!

[TnRiver46]

11 hours ago, Robinhood21 said:

I love all game meat and eat it several times a week.

This is my ranking:

1. Moose

2. Pronghorn

3. Elk

4 Deer

 

 

Awesome moose. 
 

I’ve only had the speed goat in jerky form but it was good 

[12poundbass]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Awesome moose. 
 

I’ve only had the speed goat in jerky form but it was good 

I’m pretty sure you could take an old shoe and make good tasting jerky out of it. 

[gimruis]

14 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

I’ve always heard antelope didn’t taste very good. I’ve never had it though. 

I've heard this too because they live out in the sage brush and eat that crap.  Could be total rumor too though, as I've never had it.  I have had sage grouse though and that was not edible.  Just as bad as a canadian goose.

[BayouSlide]

18 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I've heard this too because they live out in the sage brush and eat that crap.  Could be total rumor too though, as I've never had it.  I have had sage grouse though and that was not edible.  Just as bad as a canadian goose.

 

Taste preferences are a very individual thing and I've often heard that sage grouse are inedible. It's probably a good thing that sage grouse (the prairie bomber) seem to have a bad rap for the table since their numbers are decreasing due to habitat loss. But on my trips out west I've eaten my fair share and find they are most similar, to me, to beef. I usually grill or stir fry, but the key is not to overcook the rich red meat. I like 'em just fine.

 

Never had goose but a buddy who hunts them says the breast meat (which to the eye resembles sage grouse) is delicious when marinated overnight in Italian dressing.

 

We've all had beef overcooked to inedibility: some game meat is the same ?.

[gimruis]

11 minutes ago, BayouSlide said:

Never had goose but a buddy who hunts them says the breast meat (which to the eye resembles sage grouse) is delicious when marinated overnight in Italian dressing.

Is your buddy @TnRiver46?

[12poundbass]

42 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I've heard this too because they live out in the sage brush and eat that crap.  Could be total rumor too though, as I've never had it.  I have had sage grouse though and that was not edible.  Just as bad as a canadian goose.

Where we hunted in Nebraska was a 30,000 acre buffalo ranch. There was a difference in taste from the deer we harvested that ate alfalfa all the time and the deer that were in no man’s land and ate sage and whatever else they could find.

[MN Fisher]

45 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I have had sage grouse though and that was not edible. 

Reason I never shot Spruce Grouse...only Ruffed...when I hunted up north.

[gimruis]

10 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

There was a difference in taste from the deer we harvested that ate alfalfa all the time and the deer that were in no man’s land and ate sage and whatever else they could find.

Oh I wouldn't doubt that.

[TnRiver46]

38 minutes ago, BayouSlide said:

 

Taste preferences are a very individual thing and I've often heard that sage grouse are inedible. It's probably a good thing that sage grouse (the prairie bomber) seem to have a bad rap for the table since their numbers are decreasing due to habitat loss. But on my trips out west I've eaten my fair share and find they are most similar, to me, to beef. I usually grill or stir fry, but the key is not to overcook the rich red meat. I like 'em just fine.

 

Never had goose but a buddy who hunts them says the breast meat (which to the eye resembles sage grouse) is delicious when marinated overnight in Italian dressing.

 

We've all had beef overcooked to inedibility: some game meat is the same ?.

Yep, everyone over cooks everything then blames the critter 

[Jmontgomery87]

13 hours ago, BayouSlide said:

 

Taste preferences are a very individual thing and I've often heard that sage grouse are inedible. It's probably a good thing that sage grouse (the prairie bomber) seem to have a bad rap for the table since their numbers are decreasing due to habitat loss. But on my trips out west I've eaten my fair share and find they are most similar, to me, to beef. I usually grill or stir fry, but the key is not to overcook the rich red meat. I like 'em just fine.

 

Never had goose but a buddy who hunts them says the breast meat (which to the eye resembles sage grouse) is delicious when marinated overnight in Italian dressing.

 

We've all had beef overcooked to inedibility: some game meat is the same ?.

I cooked this Canada goose breast a couple of nights ago. Salt and pepper, sear on all sides, then into a 400° oven for about 10 minutes. Take it out once internal temp hits 130°. It tastes pretty similar to Mallard. Just don't go past medium rare and it's great!

[TnRiver46]

On 4/21/2023 at 10:22 PM, Jmontgomery87 said:

I cooked this Canada goose breast a couple of nights ago. Salt and pepper, sear on all sides, then into a 400° oven for about 10 minutes. Take it out once internal temp hits 130°. It tastes pretty similar to Mallard. Just don't go past medium rare and it's great!

^this guy gets it!!!!

[jminer79]

On 4/21/2023 at 10:22 PM, Jmontgomery87 said:

I cooked this Canada goose breast a couple of nights ago. Salt and pepper, sear on all sides, then into a 400° oven for about 10 minutes. Take it out once internal temp hits 130°. It tastes pretty similar to Mallard. Just don't go past medium rare and it's great!

Im drooling over here. 

[gimruis]

2 hours ago, jminer79 said:

Im drooling over here. 

I'm not.  lol

 

Don't anyone be fooled here.  A goose is a goose, no matter how you slice it.  It's like putting lipstick on a pig.  There's more than one way to skin a cat.

[throttleplate]

On 4/21/2023 at 9:22 PM, Jmontgomery87 said:

I cooked this Canada goose breast a couple of nights ago. Salt and pepper, sear on all sides, then into a 400° oven for about 10 minutes. Take it out once internal temp hits 130°. It tastes pretty similar to Mallard. Just don't go past medium rare and it's great!

 

 

[DitchPanda]

6 hours ago, gimruis said:

I'm not.  lol

 

Don't anyone be fooled here.  A goose is a goose, no matter how you slice it.  It's like putting lipstick on a pig.  There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Let me say this, everybody's palate is different. That said I've got a close friend whose a big hunter who has tried tons of different stuff over the years. He generally like any kind of game meat. I asked him what he thought of goose, he said hmmmm stay away from it.

 

 

 

[TOXIC]

I only tried to cook goose once and followed the directions of an avid outdoorsman waterfowl hunter who could tell you the taste profiles for every duck that flys and is hunted.  Once is all it took.  I’ll pass every time now.  ?

[TnRiver46]

17 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

I only tried to cook goose once and followed the directions of an avid outdoorsman waterfowl hunter who could tell you the taste profiles for every duck that flys and is hunted.  Once is all it took.  I’ll pass every time now.  ?

You followed the directions a little too long 

[Bazoo]

Of all the game meat I've ever tried, black bear steak and roast was the best. It was a friend's church that held a game banquet. There was some duck there that was delicious too.

 

I had a friend that gave me a cooked deer roast once, and it was amazing. Very nice flavor. No idea what he did to it. I do know he's a wild man and will cook and eat about anything, so he has lot of experience with game.

 

I've made some decent deer roasts in the crockpot myself... but not like that.