Most delicious big game meat?

[H&Hhunter]

Javalina butt! Yummy.

 

[Horsemany]

I may have to give pronghorn another try. The only time I had it was backstraps chopped into medallions and it tasted like sage bad.....Not good. So far fresh whitetail backstraps and bison are the best I've had. The worst is ducks especially divers. I've been soaking ducks in saltwater for a day before cooking and it's helped get rid of the liver flavor.

 

[Speedo66]

I may have to give pronghorn another try. The only time I had it was backstraps chopped into medallions and it tasted like sage bad.....Not good. So far fresh whitetail backstraps and bison are the best I've had. The worst is ducks especially divers. I've been soaking ducks in saltwater for a day before cooking and it's helped get rid of the liver flavor.

Sea ducks are the worst, talk about a fishy taste!

 

[Skoghund]

I,ve just had a bit of moose fillet for dinner and very good it was to. Fresh from the moose heifer we shot last thursday.
Roe deer fillet is the best and smoked Roe deer is amazing. Fallow and Red deer is quite edible.
Pheasant is ok, best done as pheasant breasts in calvados. Mallard duck takes some beating.
Wild boar is good to.
All this talk of food has made me quite hungry again so its of to put the pan on again

 

[Rokman]

From what's on your list I would have to say elk. There are several that I haven't tried. I do like the bison that others have mentioned.

 

[ChefJeff1]

I voted elk. It's amazing and i have one mostly butchered in my garage right now.

 

[Jeff]

Moose. Yum.

 

[Girodin]

I voted elk but I actually believe it is second place to Bison which was not an option.

 

[Tacbandit]

Quote:
"Oh, I know you will say you can "grill" venison if you "do it right". IMHO, if you have to do some weird cooking routine or marinate it in some expensive french wine or something to make it palatable, it ain't the best meat."


Who does all that...???? I'm with ya, there...That's why I only do the
"ka-bobs" on the grill, when it comes to venison...No time at all....

 

[CoRoMo]

The taco meat I had last night was great. I didn't know it was elk until the wife told me so.
I assumed it was just some of that steer that my dad slaughtered last winter.

 

[sourdough44]

Moose

 

[memphisjim]

whitetail back strap

 

[Art Eatman]

I like elk, deer, antelope, javelina, buffalo, wild turkey and quail. Doves are okay, but I don't care for them as much as I like quail.

I dunno about "best". So far, doing my own cooking, they've all been good; just different. As long as you don't let the meat dry out, and don't hurry the cooking, it's really easy to have it taste good.

 

[H&Hhunter]

One of the very best wildlife dishes I've ever had was an ox tail soup in curry and mint done over a mopane fire with a freshly killed cape buffalo tail. It was served over rice and fried potatos with chopped onions in some kind of citrus sauce, man was that good!

Another great one was caribou chops cooked over a black spruce fire with a little oil and salt. I don't know if we were just super hungry or if it was really that good but there is something special about feasting on your fresh kill over a camp fire and while still in the moment.

 

[chas08]

there is something special about feasting on your fresh kill over a camp fire and while still in the moment.

"AMEN" to that. It also applies to fish caught and prepared at waters edge.

 

[LegalAlien]

Bone dry Kudu Biltong (jerky). It breaks like a twig when you bend it and is awesome to chew on all day long

 

[LegalAlien]

One of the very best wildlife dishes I've ever had was an ox tail soup in curry and mint done over a mopane fire with a freshly killed cape buffalo tail.

The alternative is to replace the Cape Buffalo tail with an Ostrich neck - stew it slow and long with all the other goodies in a potjie (dutch oven) and the taste and texture will even beat the buffalo tail. ALthough the buffalo tail will have more fat and gelatin that obviously also adds flavor and substance to the 'lekker sous'

 

[Leaky Waders]

Birds ought to be a different thread, but I'll rate them Wood Duck, quail, then pheasant, then blue grouse, then doves.

Fixed

 

[JDGray]

I'm not to fond of venison, but elk steaks will rivel anything you can get at a Lonestar Steak House!

 

[wankerjake]

"All good some better"...I think it applies to game meat too!

 

[NJ Chris]

Best Ever

Oryx first, Dall Sheep second and Moose third. Only have oryx in the freezer now.

 

[BP44]

would rate our blacktail over elk but just slightly.

 

[fireman 9731]

Elk comes in first for me and Whitetail second. Backstraps from both on the grill...mmmmm.

 

[slvrbulit12]

Elk the best. Sheep & goat only if cooked in a pit.

 

[oneounceload]

Moose beats elk; elk beats antelope, antelope beats venison. Hog fits somewhere between antelope and venison.

Of course, a lot depends on how it was handled in the field, the way it was butchered, and how it was cooked. I've had antelope fondue in a teriyaki oil that was superb