Post by: bearpaw on December 19, 2009, 12:13:57 PM
Duck
When I was a kid I cooked up some ducks that stunk so bad I got in trouble when my mother got home.... :chuckle: They tasted even worse than they smelled, I think they had been filling up at the local city sewer ponds... :chuckle:
Beaver
Back when I was running a trapline my uncle and I always talked about the old trappers stories regarding eating their catch. So we tried a few things including some beaver, that was the absolute greasiest meat I have ever tried. It went to the garbage. :chuckle:
Post by: ICEMAN on December 19, 2009, 12:26:05 PM
Why? Because it tasted like Sheeeeiit. :puke:
Post by: bearpaw on December 19, 2009, 12:39:30 PM
Mudhen. Big mistake.
Why? Because it tasted like Sheeeeiit. :puke:
so technically, a mud hen is just another duck... :dunno:
Post by: ICEMAN on December 19, 2009, 12:42:56 PM
I like duck. :chuckle:
Post by: Shootmoore on December 19, 2009, 12:45:43 PM
Shootmoore
Post by: bearpaw on December 19, 2009, 12:46:48 PM
Post by: ThePascoKid on December 19, 2009, 01:30:49 PM
Post by: bearpaw on December 19, 2009, 01:34:00 PM
Why would anyone eat a muskrat?
There's old trappers recipes for muskrats, we tried them too, actually they're not bad. Much better than the greasy beaver we tried.... :chuckle:
But it looks like duck is the overal un-favorite so far... :chuckle:
Post by: ThePascoKid on December 19, 2009, 01:36:15 PM
Post by: ThePascoKid on December 19, 2009, 01:38:11 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 19, 2009, 01:47:04 PM
However, I teach survival for the local National Guard unit. One year we did desert survival out near George, and one of the guys caught a Rock Chuck. We skinned that bugger, spitted him, and roasted him over an open fire with a little salt and pepper from our MREs. I have a picture somewhere, I'll post it if I can find it. We left the head and feet on him, for effect :chuckle:
Oh my God. :yike: That was the foulest meat I ever swallowed. Nothing has even come close. It left a film in your mouth that you couldn't get rid of. :puke:
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on December 19, 2009, 01:56:07 PM
Pathfinder, sounds like you guys had a nice, greasy mature one! A buddy and I killed 3 of the little cottontail-sized ones, took backs and hinds, and grilled them like chicken with BBQ sauce. Not quite as good as rabbit, but close. They had no fat at all.
I've had individual pronghorn, mule deer, blue grouse and pheasant that were unpleasant, but the vast majority of these were great. Some bad fish of several species. Never had a bad moose, elk, whitetail. My mountain goat had good flavor, but was UNBELIEVABLY TOUGH - like the backstraps would dull a sharp knife after 5 or 6 slices. That's the only critter I ever ground the entire thing, t-loins and all. Was great burger though.
Post by: bearpaw on December 19, 2009, 01:58:14 PM
Greasy beaver huh? I'll just keep my mouth shut
Thanks for keeping it a "G Rated" discussion, I was half afraid after I posted that.... :chuckle:
Post by: Shootmoore on December 19, 2009, 02:12:51 PM
Ok, I checked Bear, because, if you don't make it into sausage, or jerky, or smoke it, it is pretty foul stuff just thrown on the grill. I think almost any meat can be made palatable with a little work (jerky, if nothing else-which is what I did with the rest of that bear). Duck is a close second.
However, I teach survival for the local National Guard unit. One year we did desert survival out near George, and one of the guys caught a Rock Chuck. We skinned that bugger, spitted him, and roasted him over an open fire with a little salt and pepper from our MREs. I have a picture somewhere, I'll post it if I can find it. We left the head and feet on him, for effect :chuckle:
Oh my God. :yike: That was the foulest meat I ever swallowed. Nothing has even come close. It left a film in your mouth that you couldn't get rid of. :puke:
Gotta eat the young rock chucks, there tasty. Old ones are to fatty and greasy. Nothing better than BBQ bear ribs, tasty.
Post by: ICEMAN on December 19, 2009, 02:35:24 PM
Why would anyone eat a muskrat?
Why would anyone eat a mudhen.... (because I was young and stupid....) :chuckle:
Post by: bearpaw on December 19, 2009, 02:40:47 PM
Why would anyone eat a muskrat?
Why would anyone eat a mudhen.... (because I was young and stupid....) :chuckle:
Don't they say "Variety Is The Spice of Life". :chuckle:
Post by: Bofire on December 19, 2009, 03:56:46 PM
I aint sure what it was but the next morning I could still taste it. :chuckle:
Carl
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 19, 2009, 04:44:25 PM
Pathfinder, sounds like you guys had a nice, greasy mature one!
Yeah, it was a big, buck male... He looked like a small warthog :chuckle:
After that experience, I never had the testicular fortitude to try another one... big, small, medium or otherwise. I'll keep in mind that the bunny-sized ones taste like filet mignot... :chuckle:
Post by: GoldTip on December 19, 2009, 05:46:11 PM
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on December 19, 2009, 06:02:15 PM
Post by: bearpaw on December 19, 2009, 06:09:22 PM
OK, I'm biting, what is Eskimo Ice Cream.... :dunno:
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on December 19, 2009, 06:10:38 PM
-Steve
Post by: hunt4 on December 19, 2009, 06:36:05 PM
Hooligan= Alaskan name for smelt (similar)
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on December 19, 2009, 06:36:46 PM
:fishin:
OK, I'm biting, what is Eskimo Ice Cream.... :dunno:
A couple of different versions
The native people of Alaska have a distinct version of ice cream. It's not creamy ice cream as we know it, but a concoction made from reindeer fat or tallow, seal oil, freshly fallen snow or water, fresh berries, and sometimes ground fish. Air is whipped in by hand so that it slowly cools into foam. They call this Arctic treat akutaq, aqutuk, ackutuk, or Eskimo ice cream. Akutaq is a Yupik word that means mix them together.
Ingredients:
Fish (white fish, pike, or any kind of salmon) 3 to 4 pounds
Crisco/lard
Vegetable oil
Sugar
Berries (blue berries, salmon berries, cranberries, etc.) 1/2 gallon to a gallon
Post by: WDFW-SUX on December 19, 2009, 06:38:23 PM
Post by: bearpaw on December 20, 2009, 10:51:14 AM
Post by: huntingfool7 on December 20, 2009, 11:20:57 AM
Post by: WildfireArcher on December 22, 2009, 11:08:08 AM
-Wildfire
Post by: NRA4LIFE on December 22, 2009, 11:17:52 AM
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on December 22, 2009, 01:24:22 PM
So what does whale taste like, I have always wondered? Is there any lean meat, or is it all fatty?\
All that I seen of it was greasy nasty fatty blubber. They sun dry it and then you chew on it
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 22, 2009, 01:29:19 PM
Post by: ribka on December 22, 2009, 01:45:53 PM
Post by: Shootmoore on December 22, 2009, 01:47:56 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/15047/scan0001.jpg)
Oh and not making a rude gesture in the photo! Stretched a little far getting out of the boat :rolleyes:
Shootmoore
Post by: Dr. Death on December 22, 2009, 01:59:55 PM
My Mt Goat was good, but very tough, as someone else already said, my grinder would bind up about every 2 minutes. Also had a rutted out mulie buck that I couldn't eat, made sausage out of the whole things and gave it away as Christmas presents..... :chuckle:
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 22, 2009, 02:03:03 PM
Ended up being one of the nastiest things ever , so bad that the ranch hands dog (who looked like it was starving) wouldn't even eat it, just took off with it then pissed on it! Thats bad!
Post by: Dr. Death on December 22, 2009, 02:17:22 PM
Post by: Rob on December 22, 2009, 02:25:07 PM
I shot a half dozen one slow duck hunting trip a few years back so that my young lab would have something to retrieve. Always one to use what I shoot if possible, I breasted them out and brought them home. I marinated them in teriyaki sauce over night and smoked them into jerky (3 full pans of chips). I took out my reward, and it was the nastiest, pastiest, foulest thing I have ever tried to eat. I gave a piece to my dog (Mind you, she would eat cat poop from the box every chance she had, so she was not exactly of high standards when it came to culinary tastes...) and she spit it out and looked at me like I was trying to poison her!
Have not shot one since.
Post by: Rob on December 22, 2009, 02:26:58 PM
Post by: Shootmoore on December 22, 2009, 02:33:10 PM
I voted mudhen.
I shot a half dozen one slow duck hunting trip a few years back so that my young lab would have something to retrieve. Always one to use what I shoot if possible, I breasted them out and brought them home. I marinated them in teriyaki sauce over night and smoked them into jerky (3 full pans of chips). I took out my reward, and it was the nastiest, pastiest, foulest thing I have ever tried to eat. I gave a piece to my dog (Mind you, she would eat cat poop from the box every chance she had, so she was not exactly of high standards when it came to culinary tastes...) and she spit it out and looked at me like I was trying to poison her!
Have not shot one since.
Hmm I am wondering if it is a Westside/Eastside difference? Never ate a Westside mudhen before, maybe they taste bad from what there eating? I found westside mallards to be muddy tasting to me as well.
Shootmoore
Post by: Rob on December 22, 2009, 02:34:23 PM
Post by: cascademountainhunter on December 22, 2009, 02:35:03 PM
Post by: Ripper on December 23, 2009, 05:15:41 PM
Post by: andrew_12gauge on December 23, 2009, 05:27:51 PM
Post by: Hangfire on December 23, 2009, 11:05:39 PM
The duck nearly as bad as Pronghorn.
I once attended a seminar by Jim Zumbo. He said the best wild meat Caribou, the worst wild meat Caribou, before and after the rut.
A friend of mine who was n the Outdoor Life, this happened to me of Dec 2009, said the Caribou after the rut inedible.
Post by: kramman on December 24, 2009, 01:20:14 AM
Post by: Shootmoore on December 24, 2009, 10:14:04 AM
I voted mudhen.
I shot a half dozen one slow duck hunting trip a few years back so that my young lab would have something to retrieve. Always one to use what I shoot if possible, I breasted them out and brought them home. I marinated them in teriyaki sauce over night and smoked them into jerky (3 full pans of chips). I took out my reward, and it was the nastiest, pastiest, foulest thing I have ever tried to eat. I gave a piece to my dog (Mind you, she would eat cat poop from the box every chance she had, so she was not exactly of high standards when it came to culinary tastes...) and she spit it out and looked at me like I was trying to poison her!
Have not shot one since.
Hmm I am wondering if it is a Westside/Eastside difference? Never ate a Westside mudhen before, maybe they taste bad from what there eating? I found westside mallards to be muddy tasting to me as well.
Shootmoore
Ok I changed my vote, I just ate some mudhen shot in Western Washington last night. Holy crap they were awfull! I assumed a mudhen was a mudhen but these on the west side are baaaaad! must be what they eat from over here what they eat on the upper columbia. I feel bad for telling my buddy to shoot some now.
Shootmoore
Post by: lokidog on December 28, 2009, 09:51:59 AM
On the other end, dolphin (juvenile) is the best I've ever tried.
Post by: TEX-X on December 28, 2009, 11:00:24 AM
Post by: Oldguy on December 28, 2009, 06:15:13 PM
All ducks don't taste the same and how they are prepared makes a big difference. We sure don't all like the same things.
Post by: bearpaw on December 29, 2009, 10:58:48 PM
A couple friends told me they really liked peacock.
I never had the tenacity to try coyote.... :yike:
Horse I have tried and what I had in Australia actually tasted good. A friend downunder claims horse is his favorite meat. :dunno:
Post by: TEX-X on December 30, 2009, 07:15:57 AM
Post by: bearpaw on January 02, 2010, 01:22:04 PM
Post by: sisu on January 02, 2010, 09:35:14 PM
Post by: bearpaw on January 03, 2010, 06:38:35 PM
Post by: lokidog on January 03, 2010, 08:10:53 PM
Post by: bearpaw on January 03, 2010, 08:21:01 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on January 04, 2010, 06:08:19 AM
I have heard of a few guys trying coyotes, I just couldn't bring myself to do it, skinned too many where the meat looked too green to taste good... :yike:
:puke:
Post by: sisu on January 04, 2010, 06:18:01 AM
BTW only cook real legs of beaver(buck tooth beaver for you SA out there). Cook the slowly in a stew the are awesome.
Black meat(aged seal) dipped in seal oil is aweful, as well as muk-tuk. You can't remove the oil with HOT coffee, brushing etc. just aweful.
Another bad one is stink head; fermented salmon heads
I was given a Bot(spelling wrong)egg by some Flips I know. They did it on a dare. I got the egg down & then it just levitated out by itself along with some extra.
Back to the Alaskan guide. He ate nearly all wild critters except the canine looking creatures. He never gave a reason.
Post by: ICEMAN on January 04, 2010, 06:23:59 AM
Uh....yeah...... (Bad joke not posted to maintain "Family Site" status.)
Post by: bearpaw on January 04, 2010, 08:59:52 AM
Post by: Curly on January 04, 2010, 09:36:52 AM
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....... :puke:
Post by: sisu on January 04, 2010, 10:01:47 PM
Post by: elkaholic_74 on January 05, 2010, 08:48:53 AM
Post by: Ray on January 05, 2010, 09:56:46 PM
Post by: lokidog on January 09, 2010, 12:37:08 AM
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.
Post by: cohoho on January 11, 2010, 02:09:48 PM
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 ...
Post by: corktex on January 11, 2010, 02:39:13 PM
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Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on February 08, 2010, 10:17:19 PM
Post by: bearpaw on February 09, 2010, 07:31:50 AM
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.
Post by: Pathfinder101 on February 09, 2010, 02:45:10 PM
Post by: Bob33 on February 09, 2010, 02:51:26 PM
I don't know what we do or don't do special. They're just plain tasty.
Post by: CastleRocker on February 09, 2010, 03:06:46 PM
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.
Post by: bearpaw on February 09, 2010, 03:21:44 PM
Post by: Bob33 on February 09, 2010, 03:40:57 PM
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 :chuckle:
Post by: bearpaw on February 09, 2010, 03:48:14 PM
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