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MSG will make even orange tabby cat taste good. Crockpots do the same
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The moose I got in Alaska is simply fantastic. I think I would rate it above cow elk.
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Moose is probably our favorite with caribou being least favorite. We also like cow elk and antelope but didn’t enjoy the Musk ox I shot.
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I have never eaten moose. That being said, the best game meat I have ever eaten was a yearling bison. Every pronghorn that I have tried has been excellent too. My favorite small game has to be squirrel (perhaps because I don't get an opportunity to hunt them as often as quail/dove /rabbit).
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At one time, Safari Club listed them in this order
1 giraffe
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3 moose
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Appreciate all the guys that actually read the OP and answered the question. Maybe the rest can take some online ADD classes or something. I can't say I'm surprised though.
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Depends on who and how it's cooked. I've had great and awful off the same deer ham.
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Like many here, I've eaten lots of big game over the years. My personal favorites are axis deer, gemsbok, elk, misc. Miscellaneous meat is in your top 4? Its not even in my top ten...
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Like many here, I've eaten lots of big game over the years. My personal favorites are axis deer, gemsbok, elk, misc. Miscellaneous meat is in your top 4? Its not even in my top ten... lol, I think the misc. goes along with the African antelope
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Like many here, I've eaten lots of big game over the years. My personal favorites are axis deer, gemsbok, elk, misc. Miscellaneous meat is in your top 4? Its not even in my top ten... lol, I think the misc. goes along with the African antelope I know. Lol
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ahhhh. sailed over my head
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Like many here, I've eaten lots of big game over the years. My personal favorites are axis deer, gemsbok, elk, misc. African antelope, antelope, nilgai. I'm really wanting to shoot a moose, and have found a Newfoundland outfitter that I like, and can get the meat back home to enjoy.
Question: Where does moose meat fit into the "best game meat" scenario? Near the top IMO.... I agree this would be my favorites Sheep Elk Moose Prong Horn
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A question with no "right" answer.
Individual tastes differ. Individual animals within the same species differ. I offer my experience with 20+ moose and about 75 caribou.
What it has been eating, what it has been doing, perhaps (bear on the salmon streams vs blueberry slopes.... Animals stressed from running vs those killed unaware, etc.)
Chalk in how it is killed, temperatures, how it is taken care of, processed, and cooked.
Not all of us (few in fact) have sampled all the game meat availble. So all opinions are valid.
In my own case, from a very general perspective, I rank it wild sheep, musk ox, caribou, moose, then deer and pronghorn, elk, bear.
The very best caribou I have eaten will outrank all the others I mentioned on the individual meal taste test
Some personal opinion/comments that may or may not be pertinent:
If you have had bad caribou, it was probably a bull in rut, or not properly taken care of.
I don't believe I have ever seen any "marbeled" moose meat from the 20 something I have eaten.
Musk ox is marbeled, and not that different from beef, (the several roasts I have eaten, killed by a friend, were excellent). If you had bad musk oxen, see above caribou sentence. Limited sample to be sure, but from 3 different animals. And not really choice cuts. (We aren't that good of friends it appears...:) )
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It's up there but I like Pronghorn better. Nothing beats grass-fed pronghorn. Never had any that fed on mostly sage.
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A question with no "right" answer.
Individual tastes differ. Individual animals within the same species differ. I offer my experience with 20+ moose and about 75 caribou.
What it has been eating, what it has been doing, perhaps (bear on the salmon streams vs blueberry slopes.... Animals stressed from running vs those killed unaware, etc.)
Chalk in how it is killed, temperatures, how it is taken care of, processed, and cooked.
Not all of us (few in fact) have sampled all the game meat availble. So all opinions are valid.
In my own case, from a very general perspective, I rank it wild sheep, musk ox, caribou, moose, then deer and pronghorn, elk, bear.
The very best caribou I have eaten will outrank all the others I mentioned on the individual meal taste test
Some personal opinion/comments that may or may not be pertinent:
If you have had bad caribou, it was probably a bull in rut, or not properly taken care of.
I don't believe I have ever seen any "marbeled" moose meat from the 20 something I have eaten.
Musk ox is marbeled, and not that different from beef, (the several roasts I have eaten, killed by a friend, were excellent). If you had bad musk oxen, see above caribou sentence. Limited sample to be sure, but from 3 different animals. And not really choice cuts. (We aren't that good of friends it appears...:) ) Excellent post.
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I have never eaten moose. That being said, the best game meat I have ever eaten was a yearling bison. Every pronghorn that I have tried has been excellent too. My favorite small game has to be squirrel (perhaps because I don't get an opportunity to hunt them as often as quail/dove /rabbit). Squirrel are better than quail, dove or rabbit. Sandhill crane are pretty darn good. I like doe whitetails better than steak. It's getting hard to find even prime steak that really has good flavor. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-i-eat-squirrel-really
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I have never eaten moose. That being said, the best game meat I have ever eaten was a yearling bison. Every pronghorn that I have tried has been excellent too. My favorite small game has to be squirrel (perhaps because I don't get an opportunity to hunt them as often as quail/dove /rabbit). Squirrel are better than quail, dove or rabbit. Sandhill crane are pretty darn good. I like doe whitetails better than steak. It's getting hard to find even prime steak that really has good flavor. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-i-eat-squirrel-really“Prime deer”would be the ones caked in mud standing in knee-deep manure, nose to ass in a corral. Mmmmmmmm,mmmmmm
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Yeah, GJ. Theres no right answer. So I'm going with venison, elk, moose, antelope and squirrel. I like the sweetness of whitetail doe.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
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I have never eaten moose. That being said, the best game meat I have ever eaten was a yearling bison. Every pronghorn that I have tried has been excellent too. My favorite small game has to be squirrel (perhaps because I don't get an opportunity to hunt them as often as quail/dove /rabbit). Squirrel are better than quail, dove or rabbit. Sandhill crane are pretty darn good. I like doe whitetails better than steak. It's getting hard to find even prime steak that really has good flavor. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-i-eat-squirrel-reallyI have had squirrel twice and neither time did I enjoy it. I dont know if it was just a poor tasting sub-species of your local squirrels or if its was a matter of our squirrels diets. Either way, I feel like I am missing out. There is alot of people on this forum that seem to really like the little critters. Somebody send me some good squirrel and I will trade some good porcupine.
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JGRaider: My Hunting career/interest has led me to enjoy all manner of "wild game" and I'll list'em in my order of enjoyment preference!
#1 = Whitetailed Deer (grain fed and harvested before the rut) #2 = Elk (again harvested before the rut) #3 = Mule Deer (grain fed before the rut) #4 = Moose (avoid older bulls in this ranking) #5 = Blacktailed Deer #6 = Antelope (cared for properly and cleanly kill't) #7 = Mt. Goat #8 = Bear (Bear roast with onions, carrots and potatoes is really good!) #9 = Cougar #10 = Wild Turkey (can't figure out a "good" way to prepare these?) #11 = Canada Goose (made into sausage!)
Sadly I have not partaken much at all of Bighorn Sheep - I hear their meat is rather palatable.
We are thawing out some filet mignon of Whitetailed Deer for dinner tonight! I can't wait. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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