Former Moose Hunters ???

[sjhgraysage]

So you drew your long anticipated Moose tag, went on the hunt and killed a bull. 
After struggling with getting it field processed and then cut up, here is my question.

Was your bull Moose meat tender or tough?

If it was tough did you make most of it into ground meat and or sausage???

Thanks!

[BULLBLASTER]

Mine was tough as a tire.  ground a lot of it and also canned a bunch. The canned meat might just be my favorite way to have game meat.

Other moose I’ve had from hunts I helped on was much more tender though.

[Fatherof4]

Honestly, it is comparable to really good beef.  Lots of burger, goes great in tacos, spaghetti, and amazing burgers! Made some bratwurst, some breakfast sausage, jalapeno/cheddar sticks were AWESOME!  Steaks have been great so far, just starting to dig in to them.  It has fed my family well since last fall, still lots left.

[PA BEN]

Tast was the best, steaks were like boot leather. Burger and roasts. Cube steaks would tender them up.

[time2hunt]

Buy a big grinder😜 taste great but tough.


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[highside74]

Ground most of it and made cube steaks out of the back straps. The meat was still the best game meat I've ever had. My bull was aged at 9 years by the state.

[brew]

I must have got lucky...my bull tasted great...took mine to a local farmer that did meat cutting on the side.  hung it in his cooler and took me almost 3 days to cut it up.  I'm pretty anal about my meat so I removed all silver skin (we call it wang) and ended up with a lot of steaks.  used his band saw to cut up the hindquarters (round the size of platters) then took them home to trim and make "steaks"...my idea of a steak is a boneless piece of wangless meat.  any scraps we ended up with grind into burger but there wasn't a lot.  Took my time and turned out really good.  we ate steaks, fajitas, swiss steaks, and smoked a lot of the meat to make into chili.  Get an instant temp probe and don't over cook it.  Overcooking is the worst mistake people make.  never got the age back from the state but he had a 43 1/2" rack.  not a monster but good moose for me

[trophyhunt]

Good question!  You cubed up the backstraps??? Is that normal??

[BULLBLASTER]

Good question!  You cubed up the backstraps??? Is that normal??

The back straps aren’t really as impressive as you would think. They are pretty long but kind of flat and not overly thick.

Don’t get me wrong it’s a load of good meat but definitely isn’t like a scaled up elk blackstrap. 

[HillHound]

I also made a lot of hamburger out of mine. My wife has made everything from tacos burgers meatloaf spaghetti. It all taste awesomeBut the steaks have been great too  as long as you cook them low and slow medium rare. My bull was 40” wide and aged at 7, so not a baby but not a 12-15 year old shoe leather bull either.

[dewandgin]

My moose was aged at 8 yrs I believe and it was delicious. We had steaks, roast, and everything in between down to hamburger and a few strips of jerky. Best wild game myself or my family have ever had in my opinion.

[Ridgerunner]

Mine was 8 and imo didn't taste very good.  I guess I'm the exception though.  One thing is for sure, you will have plenty of meat to do lots of different things with it, they are huge! 

[Skyvalhunter]

Wow can't say I have had bad moose before.

[opdinkslayer]

Mine was tough but the best flavor of any game meat I’ve ate. Like a tasty young elk & a beef. Cubed & burgered it all. Wish we had made more burger, it was to die for. Moose bacon burgers on the bbq are as good as it gets!

[cem3434]

My moose was aged at 8 yrs I believe and it was delicious. We had steaks, roast, and everything in between down to hamburger and a few strips of jerky. Best wild game myself or my family have ever had in my opinion.

  I processed my entire moose myself and it was the best game meat we have ever had. We do use a slow cooker a lot to make stews, roasts and the occasional steaks just because it easy with our busy lifestyle.