Worst Wild Game Meat

[Curly]

Another bad one is stink head; fermented salmon heads

I wonder if that smells anything like lutefisk?  My grandpa was from Sweden and every Christmas my grandma would cook lutefisk for him.  They tried to get me to try some but I just couldn't stand the smell, so I never tried it.......it stunk up the house so bad; it was just nasty.......

[sisu]

Lute smells good on comparison, plus with cream sauce lute isn't half bad.

[elkaholic_74]

My votes are for Bear and duck, although prepared properly both can be quite good. Lots of things on this poll sound much worse but since Ive never tried them (and unless I find myself in a real life man versus wild situation I never will) I cant really say.

[Ray]

Antelope? Hmm - tastes great to me. Gotta wonder if it was a bad batch , prepared strange or not cared for from the field when I see that many votes. Bear can be quite good. Much better than duck.

[lokidog]

Antelope? Hmm - tastes great to me. Gotta wonder if it was a bad batch , prepared strange or not cared for from the field when I see that many votes. Bear can be quite good. Much better than duck.

I think most antelope hunters care for their animal like they would a deer and let it hang a few days when cold enough.  I think this is a mistake as the most mild antelope I have had was shot at about 1:00 and butchered and in the freezer shortly after dinner.

[cohoho]

Antelope? Hmm - tastes great to me. Gotta wonder if it was a bad batch , prepared strange or not cared for from the field when I see that many votes. Bear can be quite good. Much better than duck.

I think most antelope hunters care for their animal like they would a deer and let it hang a few days when cold enough.  I think this is a mistake as the most mild antelope I have had was shot at about 1:00 and butchered and in the freezer shortly after dinner.

Agreed, years ago when I was stationed in Wyoming that is all that I heard, gut, skin and process for quality meat without a hair left anywhere.  We did exactly that this past season and it was absolutely wonderful.  Had meat in a cooler 30 minutes after shooting it on each animal X's 5 ... 

[corktex]

Worst other animal= Armadillo aka Hoover hog. I thought it meant some sort of pork dish,then I was told  it hat was! The jokes cowboys play on younger cowboys Fish= fried carp....

[the shootist]

So far the worst thing I've tried is ptarmigan (not sure of the spelling) but then I agree with Mark Twain who said that he pittied the man who could only spell a word one way!!!! WHO NEEDS SPEL CHEK? KNOT ME!!!

[TopOfTheFoodChain]

left too much fat in the muley burger..... can't make it taste edible 

[bearpaw]

I added a couple new options.

Some of the antelope this year were processed the same evening we killed them. Those hunters said it was excellent, so there may be something to processing antelope right away. Thinking back, the worst antelope I have had aged for several days. I will have to try and remember to compare methods next year.

[Pathfinder101]

The way I understand it (and I have not killed an antelope, so this is hear-say), it has less to do with processing it right away, and more to do with leaving the hide on for more than a few hours.  A couple of people have told me that you have to skin them immediately.

[Bob33]

I've killed 45 pronghorn in my life, and every single one has been outstanding meat.  We have a waiting list of individuals that want the meat, including my wife's 94 year old grandmother.

I don't know what we do or don't do special.  They're just plain tasty. 

[CastleRocker]

I've never tried it myself, but I've coyote is really bad.
 
Yes, it is a "wild game", as you need a hunting license to hunt it in this state.

I've eaten some really bad bear a time or two.  I've also eaten some bear that tasted like a young beef.  But the bad bear was the worst game meat I've ever eaten personally.

[bearpaw]

Like you Bob33, I have killed quite a few 'lopes, plus my hunters have shot a great deal. I always gut and skin ASAP, often skinning right at kill site. I am going to say that only 1 in 20 or 1 in 30 taste bad and up until now I was contributing it to something to do with the antelopes activity. But I am going to try and compare same day processing with aging and then processing, might be something to that.

[Bob33]

I am going to say that only 1 in 20 or 1 in 30 taste bad and up until now I was contributing it to something to do with the antelopes activity."

Bearpaw, the 1 in 20 or 30 is a Democrat