OT: Favorite Game Meat - UPDATED w/RESULTS!

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:34 pm

Hey folks. I thought we had done this before, but I can't find it. (If we have, somebody please give me the link.)

What is your favorite game meat?

Bogie

RESULTS:
Of the mammals, VENISON and ELK were by far the favorites!
Of the birds, QUAIL and PHEASANT won top honors.

THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT!!! To me, that was fun.

bogie

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:42 pm

Bogie35 wrote:What is your favorite game meat?
Bogie

Venison, followed closely by elk, antelope, then havelina!!!! Unless we're talking fresh flour tortillas, salsa, queso in tacos, then it's piggie & goat... has to include peppers & celantro, but wait... those are only game animals for the truly challenged!

dkmlever · Post by **dkmlever** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:44 pm

Antelope by far! Cut with a fork, great taste!

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:49 pm

Got to be mountain lion!

mod71alaska · Post by **mod71alaska** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:51 pm

Dall Sheep, no question about it, followed by moose, which I've eaten a lot of, and elk, which I've only tasted a few times but really enjoyed.

BigSky56 · Post by **BigSky56** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:11 pm

Elk if its a fat dry cow. danny

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:13 pm

Quail!

Fiddler · Post by **Fiddler** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:20 pm

Unless I somehow hit the lottery, I'm pretty sure I'll never get to taste dall sheep, pronghorn, or elk.
Being a poor Florida boy who has only been able to hunt on public land all my life, I've felt myself lucky to even see any deer from my stand, much less shoot a trophy buck.
Years ago I found the easiest kill available during archery season was a yearling doe. So, I killed yearling does. So, I became hooked on the edibility of yearling does. Venison doesn't get any better!
Then, after years of this diet, I finally killed a mature buck.
Yuck!
While it was certainly edible, I noticed a difference immediately from what I was used to. Kinda musky and strong-tasting. And this animal wasn't even killed during the rut.
Now, it's back to archery-killed yearling does again!

Old Time Hunter · Post by **Old Time Hunter** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:36 pm

Beef! Aged, butterflied, 2lb - 2" thck top sirloin, marinated in lime juice (natural tenderizer), seasoned with Monreal's SteakMate (or equivelant). Then basted with garlic butter while being grilled over a hot Mesquite wood fire for ten minutes on one side and eight minutes on the other....should be medium rare by then. Served with sauted' portabella mushrooms, a baked potato with drawn butter and sour cream, a side of asparagus cooked in virgin olive oil and covered with a hollandaise sauce. Maybe a salad on the side.....

or....substitute fresh venison tenderloin for the top sirloin.

Then again, antelope cross cut and prepared like flank steak is pretty tasty too.

Ground venison coupled with about 1/3 general hamburger, cooked medium with fried onions and cheddar cheese on a grilled sourdough bun is the best burgers I've ever eaten. Add some A-1 sauce...makes my mouth water!

Of course everything needs to be cooked on a grill.

SJPrice · Post by **SJPrice** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:56 pm

young cow elk, quail, squirrel, young venison

jcw · Post by **jcw** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:01 pm

Elk, moose, hog, Rabbit.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:03 pm

Squill

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:15 pm

In this locale Moose and Partridge followed by venison. IMHO at least.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:28 pm

Rag horn elk or a cow. I have lost my taste entirely for deer. Pheasant is good also.----------Sixgun

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:34 pm

Moose, Bison, Venison, Pig, Black Bear, Yak, of the big game variety.

Quail, Squirrel, rabbits, turkey, duck, pheasant, dove of the normal small game variety.

Raccoon, frog legs, turtle soup, of the more off the norm variety.

I'm assuming this does not include finned game fish or harvested seafood? (I consider them all game but I don't think they count)

Looking at the list, I'm thinking I just like to eat!!

Lefty Dude · Post by **Lefty Dude** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:42 pm

Elk & Buffalo, Venison only when they eat Grape leaves & Raisins. Kinda got spoiled on the last one.

Was hunting Deer on a large Grape Vinyard Ranch. The Deer would live in the Rows of Grapes. They would browse on the tinder young leaves, then in the Fall after harvest, eat the dried Raisins & Grapes on the vines.

Don McDowell · Post by **Don McDowell** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:43 pm

Elk for eating, antelope for sausage and jerky, but none of them beats out a good choice+ cut of beef.

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:00 pm

Favorite?

Hare (Lepus Americanus or Lepus Virginianus)

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:26 pm

TedH wrote:Got to be mountain lion!

Sika deer, pheasant,ohhh anything.

Nath.

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:28 pm

It would have to be the tenderloins from the buck this year.

geobru · Post by **geobru** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:03 pm

Elk, Venison (white tail or blacktail), Pheasant, Chukar.

I guess if I were to classify which would be on my table for a feast, I would go for pheasant as king of the table. I've had moose and cougar, which were both good, but I never had enough to rank them with my "regulars". Mule deer can be pretty strong if they live in sagebrush IMHO.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:08 pm

Nath wrote:
TedH wrote:Got to be mountain lion!

Sika deer, pheasant,ohhh anything.

Nath.

That was no joke Nath! The cougar I harvested in Idaho was the best wild game I have ever prepared!

Cimarron Red · Post by **Cimarron Red** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:13 pm

My favorite is ruffed grouse, without a doubt.

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:34 pm

FRIED FLORIDA GATOR TAIL, that is hard to beat.

SFRanger7GP · Post by **SFRanger7GP** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:35 pm

Any wild game that Clara and I have personally killed and prepared for the table.

We particularly like whitetail deer, axis deer, elk, buffalo, mule deer, pheasant, quail and dove.

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:11 pm

+1 for danny's suggestion. A fat dry cow elk is hard to beat. Same for piggies. A small fat dry sow makes for some fine eatin'. The only thing boars and bulls are good for are tusks and horns and 'ya can't eat them.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:21 pm

Pigs that have been fattening up all fall on acorns from the live oaks along the California central coast.

azzhandler · Post by **azzhandler** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:43 pm

I like just about any wild game, really love pheasant and wabbit, but I guess if I had to take my pick of any, it would probably be the white meat from just under the shell, from a 8-12 lb snapper turtle...... yum yum

dr walker · Post by **dr walker** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:49 pm

Rabbit is my favorite. Venison is a close second. Most small birds are decent. I heard yak is delicious, but I dont believe I have ever even seen one much less tasted one.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:59 pm

Bob White quail is my favorite followed closely by frog legs. I prefer my venison to be an old fat doe. Fried turkey is mighty good too. I love rabbit cooked in my old black pot grill. Squirrel is very good but my Daddy taught me to not shoot heads so we could eat the brains and tongue. That tongue tastes like hickory nut goody.

Where I grew up, there was a guy who had an old pump house that he tore down and used to build a fence around a pond with a gas flare burning over it. Millions of bugs. So he went to Louisiana and brought back a hundred pairs of bull frogs. As you can imagine, they stayed in the fence about 24 hours and then migrated to every pond within 4 or 5 miles. We had frogs which measured as much as 36". Man a couple of those legs would make a mess.

M. M.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:00 pm

nobody but nobody cooks whitetail vension like my mother use to cook..
fooled many a city slicker with it!

I think my wild turkey is pretty darn good....

Had some very good buffalo meat in ted turners restaurant in atlanta....

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:05 pm

Blue Helmeted Long Pork...

What?

(A nice sagey Pronghorn works too....)

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:09 pm

Bluegill, through the ice.
Gobbler

Stan in SC · Post by **Stan in SC** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:17 pm

Elk,antelope,pig,venison,quail.

Stan in SC

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:30 pm

Whatever I happen to be dragging through the Dale's sauce at the time.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:39 pm

My favorite meat game is the one where you just barely brown the surface in a pan and then give your wife a big piece and ask "Is this done?"

I love the look on her face.

2X22 · Post by **2X22** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:50 pm

Mammals, elk #1 by far, preferably a calf.

Ruffed grouse for birds.

Steelhead for fish. No doubt

2x22

Chas. · Post by **Chas.** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:31 pm

Quail and/or grouse, then catfish.

mouthpiece · Post by **mouthpiece** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:34 pm

White Castle hamburger "Sliders"... Yes, they are indeed game. No beef in 'em at all; somebody told me they're some kinda very large rodent.

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:58 pm

mouthpiece wrote:White Castle hamburger "Sliders"... Yes, they are indeed game. No beef in 'em at all; somebody told me they're some kinda very large rodent.

Hahahahahaha!! I'll chalk that up as one vote for "rat".

Bogie

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:07 pm

For small game: ruffed grouse
water fowl : canada goose
big game: young white tail deer
I have eaten others ie moose, bear , cariboo, an assortment of ducks and woodcock, but those are the ones I prefer.

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:28 pm

Bogie35 wrote:Hey folks. I thought we had done this before, but I can't find it. (If we have, somebody please give me the link.)

What is your favorite game meat?

Bogie

1) elk
2) bison
3) pheasant
4) squirrel
5) venison

big bear · Post by **big bear** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:43 pm

Stone's sheep backstrap

Stone's sheep tenderloin

Stone's sheep every other bit

Dall sheep tenderloin&backstrap (not as good as Stone's sheep though)
Big horn sheep all the bits
elk
moose
mule deer doe
cornfed white tail

CEMENTHEAD · Post by **CEMENTHEAD** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:53 pm

1st: Moose
2nd: Antelope
3rd: Squirrel

Now I'm hungry!

Thanks, Tom

Mac in Mo · Post by **Mac in Mo** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:47 am

Whitetail tenderloins.Whitetail fresh liver n' onions. Squirrel. Frog legs-green or bull. Morel mushrooms. I know they aren't game but we do hunt them. Fish wise it's Crappie,Bluegill, Flathead cat or Channel cat. Actually I love it all. It's hard to pick a favorite.

Kevin

gak · Post by **gak** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:08 am

Tie: elk and buffalo. I haven't read all responses yet so may be repeating another(s) reasoning, but to modify an old saying, "you taste like what you eat," these two are grazers--essentially "just" grass. Deer and some of the others tend toward "gamey" as they're browsers and eat all sorts of stuff--and it shows up in the meat. Whether that's good or bad depends on your palette, but mine leans toward the grazers. Nothing like buffalo meatloaf or elk-kabob!

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:39 pm

TedH wrote:
Nath wrote:
TedH wrote:Got to be mountain lion!

Sika deer, pheasant,ohhh anything.

Nath.
That was no joke Nath! The cougar I harvested in Idaho was the best wild game I have ever prepared!

Well I'll be,,,,, I guess I'm thinking of feral kitty I see around here!

I hope you saved me some, just in case!

N

fordwannabe · Post by **fordwannabe** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:46 pm

Moose, moose and uh moose.....did I mention moose. We have cooked several wild pigs (dry sows) and as long as they aren't real big they are very good in a grill over very low coals for a half a day or so. tom

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:41 am

Mine are venison and quail. Then again, that's about all we have around here.

bogie

markinalpine · Post by **markinalpine** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:08 pm

Feral Hog piglet tamales.

Mark