Ok, what wild game have you eaten in your life? My list is probably fairly common and mundane:

Quail
Dove
Squirrel
Rabbit
Duck (mallard and wood duck)
Woodcock
Pheasant
Turkey
Coon (at Granny's)
Possum (at Grandma's)
White tailed deer
Black bear (not one I killed)
Elk

Fish it's perch, bass, crappie, catfish, walleye, trout, buffalo,

For the most part, I really like wild game, usually it's very easy to make it as mild as any domestic meat you can eat.

Elk, deer, boar, rabbit, squirrel.

Quail
Deer
Pig
Dove
Axis

Squirrel, rabbit, grouse, duck, goose, turkey, pronghorn, whitetail, pork, brown bear, black bear, elk, & moose

Elk
Blacktail
Whitetail
Mule Deer
Caribou
Black bear
Antelope
Big horn sheep
Cottontail rabbits
Buffalo
Mountain lion
Gator
Feral hog
Moose

Turkey
Pheasant
Sooty Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Mourning and Collared dove
Chukar
CA quail
Mountain quail
Hungarian partridge
Speckled geese
4 or 5 species of Canada goose
Snow goose
Too many duck species to count, but I think Wood duck is my favorite
Too many fish to remember

Squirrel
Rabbit
Groundhog
Dove
Pigeon
Crow
Antelope
Whitetail Deer
W
Mule Deer
Elk
Moose
Turkey
Quail
Pheasant
Ducks
Geese
To many species of fish to list
Cannot prove it but I suspect I have eaten Kangaroo because way back when I was in school we would get some kind of frozen patties and it said Australia right on the box and at the time we didn’t have any Pattie’s around that tasted like that. When we got to asking about how different they tasted the school said because they had soybeans in them!!!

Alligator
Bear
Crow
Dove
Duck
Deer
Elk
Pig
Quail
Snake
Squirrel

Too many fish to list.

Have eaten all the above and some I did not know. Great Grand Paw was a German and being in eastern Tenn. on Lake Norris. When we sat down to eat, I ask what kind of meat it was. Answer meat is meat eat it or go feed the stock. Never asked again but it was always good. Mama was a great cook.

bludog;
Afternoon sir, thanks for the thread, it'll be interesting.

For me in no particular order:

Moose
Elk
Caribou
Columbia Black Tailed Deer
Sitka Black Tailed Deer
Whitetail - Dakota and Northwest subspecies
Mule Deer
California Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Goat
Pronghorn Antelope
Cougar
Bobcat
Black bear
Beaver
Red Squirrel
Snowshoe Hare
Jack Rabbit

Spruce Grouse
Dusky Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Sharptailed Grouse
Hungarian Partridge
Chukar Partridge
Pheasant
California Quail
Ducks - Mallards, Teal, Canvasback and maybe others??
Canada Geese

Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Crappie
Sunfish
Walleye
Northern Pike
Yellow Perch
White Sucker
Red Horse Sucker
Pike Minnow
Rainbow Trout
Steelhead Trout
Brown Trout
Dolly Varden
Black Rockfish
Ling Cod
Halibut
Flounder
Coho Salmon
Pink Salmon
Sockeye Salmon
Chinook Salmon
Chum Salmon

Think that's it, but might be more fish I'm forgetting.

Edit - completely forgot Kenya in '75
Hartebeest
Zebra
Cape Buffalo
Klipspringer

Thanks for the thread.

Dwayne

You fellas claimin' that you ate Mule Deer...I'm skeptical.

Elk
Moose
Whitetail deer
Mule deer
Pronghorn
Rabbit
Squirrel (red and grey, pine)
Wild hog
Javelina
Blk bear
Grizzly bear
Canada goose
Snow goose
Mallard
Green w and blue w teal
Wood duck
Canvas back
Widgeon
Quail
Pheasant
Blue grouse
Sharptail grouse
Prairie chicken
Chukar
Dove
Crow
Hungarian partridge
Turkey (Eastern and Merriams)
Raccoon
Kangaroo
Ostrich
Emu
Alligator
Rattlesnake
Snapping turtle
Bull frog
Green/leopard frog

FISH:
Carp
Buffalo
Drum
Crappie
White bass
Striped bass
Smallmouth bass
Kentucky spotted bass
Sun fish
Bluegill
Pike
Yellow perch
Walleye
Blue, Channel, bullhead and flathead catfish
Brook, brown, cutthroat, and rainbow trout
Red snapper
Cod
Grouper
Salmon
Halibut
Ray
Trigger fish
Sea trout
Red fish
Salt water cat
Eel
Mahi
Orange roughy
Shark
Whale (mammal, I know)
Flounder
Tuna
Several others as sushime while living in Japan.
Clams
Oysters
Mussels
Crawdad
Lobster
Crab (snow, Alaskin king, blue)
Shrimp


Probably ate dog while stationed in Korea.

When I was a boy growing up, I tried about every type of wild bird... wanted to be a "mountain man"! Meadowlark being the best.

I grew up on Mule Deer & Antelope never ate beef until I was in high school on a foot- ball trip!
I shot my first Whitetail when i was 25 or so. We didn't have any before then (tasted the same as Mule Deer)

Quail
Rabbit
Dove
Squirrel
Duck
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Armadillo
Rock Chuck
Mountain Lion
White Tail
Mule Deer
Pronghorn
Elk
Javalina
Rattlesnake
Alligator (restaurant)

Blue Gill
Green Sunfish
Pumpkin Seed
Crappie
Trout (Rainbow,Cutthroat,Brown,Brook,Lake,Splake)
LM Bass
SM Bass
Walleye
Saugereye
Yellow Perch
Catfish (Yellow,Channel)
Black Bullhead
Whitefish
Pike
Eel
Snapping turtle
Soft shell turtle

Croaker
Flounder
Mackerel (Spanish, King)
Barracuda (pacific)
Kelp Bass
Sand Bass
Rock Fish
Salmon Grouper
Sheepshead (Pacific)
Yellow Tail
Ocean Whitefish
Abalone
Albacore
Blue Fin Tuna

Buddy used to host a game feast every winter. Guys always brought all the regular stuff, plus nearly anything else. Muskrat is actually good, groundhog is good as long as it's a young one. Eaten turtle dang near any way you can cook it. Bobcat was ok, but not my top pick. Not game, but Equine Burger is pretty good too....

I ate a lot of moose meat when I was up in Canada. Very good.
The best meat I have ever eaten is the ham from a female wild hog, cooked in a smoker for 10 hours on pecan wood.

Elk
Mule Deer
Pronghorn
Whitetail Deer
Eastern Wild Turkey
Pheasant
Chukar
Quail
Doves
Woodcock
Blackbirds
Many species of Ducks
Canada, Specks, and Snow Geese.
Squirrel
Rabbits Jack, Swamp, and Cottontail
Coon
Softshell Turtles
Snapping and Alligator Snapping turtles
Bullfrogs
Crawfish

Every kind of local edible Freshwater fish and Fish Eels
Many Gulf fish
King, Coho and Pink Salmon

I like most of it and love some of it. Don't care much for Coon, Blackbirds, or Snow geese

BC30cal: "Bobcat???" A Lynx? Mind if I asked how it was prepared and did you actually enjoy it? Seriously curious. Thanks!

You fuggers are missing out.

Nobody has mention wild poon tang.

Mmmm good.

Deer
Moose
Bear
Raccoon
Muskrat
Beaver (both kinds)
Gator
Pheasant
Grouse
Partridge
Quail
Duck
Goose
Rabbit
Jackrabbit
Zebra
Springbok
Oryx
Impala
Ostrich
Wildebeest
Blesbok
Warthog
Caribou
Seal
Wild boar

It doesn't count as "wild"

Been around a lot that was!

Duck
Geese
Dove
Quail
Squirrel
Whitetail deer
Axis deer
Elk
Javelina

Whitetail, mule deer, Sika deer , Moose , elk ,caribou, black bear ,bison, bighorn sheep,snow shoe hare, cottontails, groundhog, axis deer , gator , rattlesnake, huns , ruffed grouse , squirrel, pheasant , canada goose , turkey, various ducks, woodcock , doves and hogs. The sika and axis were tied for best of the best , followed by moose and elk. I like grouse but the rest of the birds were not all that great. Bear and Bighorn sheep would only be eaten by me again if I was near starvation, and mule are also close to being in that realm.......

Whitetail
Blacktail
Axis
Moose
Caribou
Elk
Mt. Goat
Dall Sheep
Wild pigs
Musk Ox
Bowhead whale
Seal
Beaver
Squirrel
Snowshoe hare
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Ptarmigan
Pheasant
Woodcock
Ducks
Geese
Turkey
Alligator


Lobster
Crabs
Shrimp
Halibut
Ling
Cod
Haddock
Hake
Pollock
Flounder
Rockfish
All 5 species of Pacific salmon
Atlantic Salmon
Bass
White and Yellow Perch
Pickerel
Pike
Rainbow and Brook trout
Grayling
Dolly Varden
Bluefin
Mako

Probably a bunch more. If I didn't catch or kill it, a friend did.

sparrows
rock dove
several ducks
Canada geese
ostrich
Huns
Cali Valley quail
pheasant
chukars
blue grouse
ruff grouse
beaver
black bear
cougar
bison
deer (muleys only)
elk
antelope
moose
jack rabbit
cottontail
carp
squawfish
whitefish (and roe)
yellow perch
crappie
bluegill
salmon (silver, kokanee, cohoe, sockeye, chinook}
trout (steelhead, rainbow, brookies, bull)
bass (small and large mouth)
catfish (blue, bullhead, channel)
halibut
cabezon
greenling
black rock bass
ling cod
flounder
dungenous crab

just off the top of my head. I probably left out a few of the exotics tasted at the wild game feed at the rod and gun club.

Whitetail deer
Squirrel
Raccoon
Black bear
Rabbit
Muskrat
Quail
Pheasant
Ruffed grouse
Dove
Mallards
Canada goose
Turkey

SPK;
Good afternoon, I hope the day's been kind to you and you're well.

The meat was indeed a bobcat and not a lynx, though we do have both around here.

It and the beaver as well as the caribou were at an annual game banquet which our fish, game and gun club used to put on. We'd get donations from members who were trappers and hunters and then have a catering company come in to cook the meal, along with all the side dishes and usually turkey and ham as well for the non-hunting folks who'd come as it was sort of one of the things to be seen at in the little town back in the day.

While it was a long time ago, I recall that the beaver was better than we thought it was going to be, but a wee bit muddy flavored for sure. We found out later from family who used to live up north that beaver should be boiled first to get as much fat out as possible and that'll get more of the muddy taste out.

The bobcat was really marginal as I recall. Tough and not a pleasant flavor, but edible if one was hungry I suppose?

Both the bobcat and beaver were done up as roasted chunks of meat then sliced if I'm recollecting right? I can't imagine trying to cook meat for 400 people and then having all sorts of carcasses show up, mostly frozen and mostly well taken care of before they were donated.... mostly...

Perhaps if one had a sample of either meat and took meticulous care of the carcass and then cooked it carefully paying attention to not drying it out or overcooking it there'd have been a better result?

That said, I do know that in our experience black bear can be all over the place regarding flavor. Some of them are downright rank, some taste "not right" and one vineyard raider was some of the best wild game meat we've ever eaten. It rivaled a fat Sitka Black Tail buck I killed in early August or maybe late July that was absolutely wonderful table fare.

The caribou was fine I thought and couldn't have told you it wasn't deer or elk. Going from a foggy old guy's memory I recall the texture as more similar to them and less course than moose.

Since making the list I recall eating bison a few times too, but I don't think any of the roasts we had were from the wild ones up north here in BC, so they weren't wild then and shouldn't be included.

Hope that answered the question.

All the best.

Dwayne

Alligator
Bear
Caribou
Deer
Elk
Frog
Groundhog
Hog
can't go up the alphabet anymore
Ruffed Grouse
Pheasant
Pigeon
Moose
Squirrel
Rabbit
Turkey


Catfish
Carp
Bass
Crappie
Sunfish
Fallfish
Perch
Walleye
Pike
Eel


Cod
Haddock
Pollack
Flounder
Stripped Bass
Sand Shark
Mackerel
Tuna
Bluefish
Drum
Croaker



Bison, but it was farmed. The gator probably was also.
Could add other seafood, but it was purchased.

Most of what's been listed. (At least the north American species)
The only thing I can add would also be probably the best large game I've eaten right along with Elk, Nilgai.

Whitetail deer
Pheasant
Quail
Snow goose
Duck
Moose
Cottontail rabbit

Pheasant
Chukar
Hungarian partridge
Quail
Rabbit
Deer(white tail and mule)
Caribou
Moose
Elk
Pronghorn
Alligator
Elephant
Cape buffalo
Several kinds of African antelope

The best was Cape buffalo backstraps, from an old bull that had been marinated for 10 hours. I wish I knew what they used for marinade. Second best was elk.

I have cooked and eaten the following:
Dove
Pigeon
Quail
Pheasant
Grouse
Duck
Turkey
Frog
Rattlesnake
Squirrel
Rabbit (cottontail and Jack)
Deer (eastern whitetail, Coues, muley)
Javelina
Feral Hog
Elk
Bison (easily my favorite on this list)
Antelope
Caribou
Bobcat
Mountain lion

Additionally I have eaten these at restaurants:
Kangaroo
Ostrich
Alligator

I've had: Squirrel, rabbit, pheasant, grouse, whitetail deer, mule deer, antelope, moose, elk, black bear, bison, racoon and rattlesnake.

alaska:
about 7 kinds of rock fish. off the top of the head.. china, dusky, yellow eye, copper, quill back, black, and tiger
idiot fish
wolf eel
spiny sculpin
kelp greenling
thorny sculpin
ling cod
grey cod
eulechon
herring
needle fish
polluck
halibut
obviously all the salmon species
the 5 species of sole. rex, flathead, rock, yellowtail and dover
black cod
there was a couple deep water species we caught long lining for black cod but the name is eluding me. one was white with black eyes. another was similar to a irish lord but reddish color

musk ox
grizz
black bear
sitka blacktail
moose,
roosevelt elk
bison
mt goat
dall sheep
caribou

seal intestines and ribs
beluga muk tuk


fresh water
grayling
rainbow
sheefish
burbot
whitefish
dolly
arctic char



geoduck
clams
mussels
octopus
king,
dungenous crab
tanner crab
king crab

not sure how i forgot scallops and skates

Yes, other than Coyote, wolf, fox, bobcat. Anything else is on the list.

Some long lists, but I don't recall seeing porcupine. Porkies are tasty and can be done many ways, as in sectioned like rabbit and braised along with the usual accompaniments. This is a tender and very tasty wild game meal.

I've had most of the ones mentioned except cats. The only critters truly repulsive to me were muskrat, raccoon and beaver.

Duck
Goose
Pheasant
Grouse
Turkey
Squirrel
Rabbit
Beaver (flat tail....... 4 legs)
Whitetail
Boar
Black bear
Elk
Moose
Gator
Frog legs

White tail
Grouse
Quail
Various duck
Canadian goose
Turkey
Frog legs
Snapping turtle
Raccoon
Ground hog
Robin
Cardinal
Meadow lark
Dove
Pigeon
Timber and black Diamond back
Trout
Perch
Crappy
Small mouth
Large mouth
Striper
Shark
Eel
Various catfish
Suckers
Sucker eggs
Chubs
Black bear
Squerril
Rabbit
Might of missed a few

Not going to list small game and birds but here goes:

In North America

Deer (whitetail, mulie, blacktail)
Elk
Pronghorn
Black Bear
Stone Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Lion
Mountain Goat
Moose
Caribou
Bison
Alligator
Wild Boar
Black Buck
Aoudad
Texas Dahl Sheep

In Africa

Kudu (Cape and Southern Greater)
Eland
Bushbuck
Warthog
Blesbok
Gemsbok
Springbok
Red Hartebeest
Blue wildebeest
Black Wildebeest
Waterbuck
Oribi
Red Flanked Duiker
Ostrich
Western Roan
Western Hartebeest
Zebra

Zebra, good as any beef ribeye. Fresh fried Crocodile tail. Elephant balls cut up and cooked like calf fries. Old Buffalo Bull oxtail. Cook said “You’ll be able too cut like butter”. He was right.

Quail
Deer
Pig
Antelope
Doves
Pheasant
Axis deer
Bison
Turkey
Duck
Elk
Nilgai
Axis deer
Oryx

Oryx and Axis deer are my favorites.

There was a RedHead one time.

Kob antelope
African porcupine
Lungfish
Innumerable minnows various species
Giant snail

Plus some of the usual N. American stuff

Wild animals and birds I've eaten (some perhaps pushing the boundaries of the definition of "game") would include:

Ants - sugarbag and green ants
Buffalo
Camel
Cricket
Crocodile
Deer - fallow, red, sambar, rusa
Ducks - Pacific black duck, wood duck (maned goose)
Emu
Feral pig
Feral goat
Goanna
Hare
Kangaroo
Magpie goose
Pheasant
Pigeon - Bronzewing, Topknot and common (introduced) varieties
Quail
Rabbit
Snail
Snake
Teal - grey and chestnut
Wallaby
Witjuti grubs

I've gathered and eaten oysters, mussels, cockles, periwinkles, pipis, sea urchins, abalone, blue swimmer crabs, mud crabs, Balmain bugs, prawns and squid and, from freshwater, freshwater mussels and yabbies.

I've caught and eaten a lot of different species of fish too, in fresh and salt, including

Albacore
Australian Bass
Australian Salmon
Bream
Carp
Catfish
Coral Trout
Drummer
Eeels
Flathead
Groper
Jewfish
Kingfish
Leatherjacket
Luderick
Mackerel - Spanish
Mangrove Jack
Morwong
Murray Cod
Red Emperor
Redfin (Perch)
Red Rock Cod
Snapper
Tailor
Tarwhine
Trout (rainbow, brown)
Trevally (silver and golden)
Whiting
Yellowbelly

German
French
Swedish
Spanish
English
Croatian
Mexican
Columbian
Italian


but never be dark meat on my list.

Bludog: I have enjoyed all manner of big game, small game, game birds and fish!
I look forward to trying new things in the "wild game" category..
I have eaten:
Cougar
Buffalo
Moose
Mountain Goat
Blacktailed Deer
Whitetailed Deer
Mule Deer
Antelope
Black Bear
Elk
Bighorn Sheep
Caribou
Sandhill Crane
Rattlesnake
Rock Chuck
Porcupine
Among my favorite fishes are:
Steelhead
Halibut
Sockeye Salmon
And among my favorite game birds are:
Pheasant
Hungarian Partridge
Doves
One of my Elk Hunting partners just returned from Alaska and gave me some rather fresh Halibut he caught which we will be baking tonight!
Natures bounty - right on.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I remember reading a funny story where the Herter brothers cooked and ate an owl.

Nah, not worth it to try to think of it all, just call me a vegan.

Ha ha! Same here on the "Australian beef" on the school menu. I'd never had kangaroo, but I knew damned well it wasn't "Australian grass-fed beef". A co-worker told the principal she took a sample and was going to have it tested. The item went away immediately- and we got word the school district took a bath on that "Australian beef" deal. I've no doubt they got it at a good price - until then.

I know wild game when I taste it, mostly. And mostly I like it. It sure as hell wasn't beef. Can't prove it was kangaroo, tho.

rabbit and hare, hun partridge, porcupine, pheasant, sage, sharptail, & spruce grouses, ptarmigans, dove, various ducks, geese, mule and white-tail deer, bison, pronghorn, black, grizzly, and polar bear, beluga & bowhead whale, seal and walrus ( take a pass on those!!!), beaver, caribou, moose, goat, sheep, elk, 4-legged cougar ( I understand the 2-legged can be a bit gamey, but at least one doesn't have to shoot it first), musk ox (you could maybe fool me on that for beef, at least if I hadn't had it identified first time I ate it - probably not, now).

The regulars most have noted. Some of the weirder ones are Mt. Lion - very good by the way, mild w/ light colored meat., Bison, Boar, Bear and a few others. Lots of birds and fish. I prefer antelope steak to about anything.

North American game:
Mule Deer
Whitetail Deer
Rocky Mtn. Elk
Pronghorn
Shiras Moose
Mtn. Lion
Black Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Stone Sheep
Desert Bighorn Sheep
Dall Sheep
Barren Ground Caribou
Wild Hog
Muskox
Rattlesnake
Squirrel
Cottontail
Marmot
Bison

African game:
Gemsbok
Steenbok
Kudu
Impala
Duiker
Ostrich

Exotics:
Fallow Deer
Sika Deer
Nilgai
Tahr
Aoudad
Red Deer
Paca (S.A. rodent)
Water Buffalo

Birds:
Dove
Quail
Goose
Numerous Duck species
Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Blue Grouse
Ptarmigan

Fish:
Species too numerous to mention.

Just off the top of my head.
rabbit
squirrel
bob white quail
ground hog
possum
frog legs
mallard and wood duck
raccoon
turkey
deer
I might've forgot something.

There was a bit of a scandal back in 1981, where exporters were putting roo meat into beef exported to the US, so you may be right. It could have been horse too, because that went in as well as roo. A few people went to jail over it.

Roo is good tucker though. Zero fat. It does taste different to beef (so does horse).

Don't know how this will translate to a Campfire page. It's a list I've kept over the years:

North America:
Big game:
Axis deer cottontail Canada goose sage grouse
Bighorn sheep snowshoe hare Ross’s goose sharptail
Bison snow goose G. prairie chicken
black bear jackrabbit, WT white-fronted goose Hun. partridge
blacktail (Sitka) squirrel, gray mallard chukar partridge
caribou squirrel, red pintail pheasant
elk squirrel, fox BW teal ruffed grouse
javelina beaver (tail) GW teal spruce grouse
moose porcupine spoonbill blue grouse
mule deer ruddy bobwhite quail
musk ox redhead Gambel’s quail
nilgai canvasback Calif. quail
oryx, scimitar-horned mourning dove
pig (feral) 4 subspecies turkey
pronghorn willow ptarmigan
white-tailed deer woodcock
Beluga whale

Africa:
Kudu Namaqua sandgrouse
Blue wildebeest francolin, Swainson’s
Black wildebeest guinea fowl, helmeted
Tsessebe guinea fowl, crested
Blesbok ostrich
Impala Speckled (rock) pigeon
Springbok
Eland
Bush pig
Warthog
Zebra
Cape buffalo
Gemsbok
Red hartebeest
Lichtenstein’s “
Bushbuck

Europe:
Red stag, European hare rock ptarmigan
Reindeer
Roe deer
Wild boar
Fallow deer
Sika deer
Minke whale


Argentina:
Eared Dove silver teal
Perdiz, rosy-billed pochard
Pica zuro pigeon
Spot-winged pigeon Fulvous whistling
duck

Have no doubt left something off the list.

The biggest thing I've noticed is that just about any sort of big game, wild birds or gamefish can taste good if prepared well. But then my wife is professional wild game/fish cook and does plenty of research on how to do it.

Do not think I can list everything.
Favorites, in no particular order.

Moose (Wyoming Shiras before the willows/alders turned in Sept.)
eland
zebra
axis
pronghorn (well cared for)

Honorable mention.
Porcupine was surprisingly good.
As was feral hogs that had been been feeding on wild onions.

MD,

That’s an impressive list of game vittles.

I won’t even ask which were your top 5 for best eating.

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