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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: thefirefighter on July 22, 2008, 10:32:35 PM

Title: cougar?
Post by: thefirefighter on July 22, 2008, 10:32:35 PM: Has anyone actually eaten cougar is it any good? I am headed out towards stevens pass area for bear hunting opening day and if the chance comes i would take a cougar is this a decent area and im also headed to east oakanogan is that area any good?
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Post by: MuleySniper on July 22, 2008, 10:34:33 PM: Dude you are just asking for it when you ask how cougar tastes!! :chuckle:
MS
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Post by: thefirefighter on July 22, 2008, 10:35:23 PM: what you mean by this
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Post by: cohoho on July 22, 2008, 10:40:26 PM: Always heard if it tastes like colone leave it alone..... Oh I'm going to be so sorry for this one.... But if it tastes like fish, eat as you wish...
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Post by: rainshadow1 on July 22, 2008, 10:43:38 PM: MOUNTAIN LION is good eating. Just ignore these guys! Well worth saving the meat if you get a pop at one. Good Luck!
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Post by: thefirefighter on July 22, 2008, 10:44:20 PM: ill at least give it a try
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Post by: Machias on July 22, 2008, 10:47:32 PM: Just make sure the unit your hunting in is open. It is excellent, as good as any deer or elk meat.
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Post by: rainshadow1 on July 22, 2008, 11:03:38 PM: I'd read the regs carefully about East Okanogan, as they have the hound seasons that exclude boot hunting. Steven's Pass is towards there, but I think it's still open. Still, look up the area specifically in the pamphlet.

It's very good eating meat. Very mild. It's got an excellent flavor. Not gamie at all. More like pork.

I had a similar experience when I told a LEO friend that I had "...Got a Cougar on New Year's Eve." He looked at me like, "I didn't think you were that kinda guy!" Which I'm not, and it took me a day or two to realize why he'd looked at me like that!

("Cougar" is a euphamism for an experienced woman, who is, well... "on the prowl.")
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Post by: MountainWalk on July 22, 2008, 11:04:07 PM: its awefully good to me. some folks are not into eating carnivores, but it makes no difference to me.
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Post by: Head-shot on July 22, 2008, 11:35:41 PM: Mountain lion is pretty good, I've eaten it once and I liked it.

"Cougar" on the other hand can be very tasty, depending on hows its cared for in the field... :chuckle:
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Post by: DeKuma on July 24, 2008, 03:08:28 PM: Quote from: Head-shot on July 22, 2008, 11:35:41 PM
Mountain lion is pretty good, I've eaten it once and I liked it.

"Cougar" on the other hand can be very tasty, depending on hows its cared for in the field... :chuckle:
Eat first, shoot later.
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Post by: cabin308 on July 24, 2008, 03:39:12 PM: We took one to Fischer Meats in Issaquah a couple years ago and they wouldn't touch it. Said other butchers would do the same. Something to do with a parasite called "Trichonosis spiralis" in the muscle tissue. We decided not to mess with it. :dunno:
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Post by: Machias on July 24, 2008, 03:44:11 PM: No different then bears, I'd find a new butcher that does bear meat. Mine here in Spokane does em just fine.
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Post by: Slider on July 24, 2008, 06:26:52 PM: It's very good. ;)
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Post by: blessed on July 24, 2008, 07:54:59 PM: Hay Firefighter, I've eaton lots of it and it's just like porkchops, no lie! If you don't want it I'll meet you somewhere and take it! Just Shoot the damn thing! STB
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Post by: bucklucky on July 25, 2008, 08:10:55 AM: Quote from: blessed on July 24, 2008, 07:54:59 PM
Hay Firefighter, I've eaton lots of it and it's just like porkchops, no lie! If you don't want it I'll meet you somewhere and take it! Just Shoot the damn thing! STB

:chuckle: :rockin:
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Post by: thefirefighter on July 27, 2008, 09:02:28 AM: anyone know why you cant hunt as of augsut 1st in oakanogan?
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Post by: bearmanric on July 27, 2008, 09:46:30 AM: becauce there hound hunting cant boot hunt any more. during the hound season. Rick

thought bear

hiker's i guess. seem's like it's to late sept2. berry's and other thing's going on. might try this year. seen a nice brown bear during turkey season in colville. would like to hunt sherman pass to got my biggest buck there last year. Rick
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Post by: luvtohnt on July 27, 2008, 10:48:46 AM: Cabin,
If you are worried about Trichonosis spiralis I sure hope you dont eat squirrels or pork, because they have the same parisite in thier muscle tissue. All it takes is to make sure it is fully cooked before you eat it.

Brandon
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Post by: cabin308 on July 29, 2008, 04:48:51 PM: luvtohnt,
I never said I wouldn't eat cougar meat. Would really like to try it, actually. I only said the butcher shops we talked to wouldn't touch it because of the trichonosis parasite. At that time we didn't butcher any meat ourselves, so we were left with it.