Best wild game meat

[Blinginpse]

What is your favorite? Anything wild game

I will add by asking. Is caribou and
rams/sheep any good to eat?

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[Boarmaster]

I love a well aged venison loin.

 

[Gulfgoose]

Not native but the axis that we shoot down here in Texas is absolutely incredible. A good fat doe will have you passing on a ribeye for some backstrap.

 

[Blinginpse]

I love a well aged venison loin.

How do you age it?

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[Whitetoptom]

Squirrel is hard to beat. Pot pie with boiled squirrel is out of this world. Also flame grilled, skin on whole wood duck is right at the top for best table fare in my book.

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[dirtclod Az.]

So far Elk followed by Gambels Quail. Have yet to try Antelope.

 

[Bigjay73]

Pronghorn any day

 

[Blinginpse]

Squirrel is hard to beat. Pot pie with boiled squirrel is out of this world. Also flame grilled, skin on whole wood duck is right at the top for best table fare in my book.

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Interesting always heard duck and goose was disgusting

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[Fozzy26]

I personally have never had rams, but from friends of mine that have, and talking with others, it is up there in the running for the best tasting. (also heard they make the best rocky mountain oysters)

 

[Gulfgoose]

Interesting always heard duck and goose was disgusting

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It can be if not cooked and handled properly. Anything past medium rare and it has a liver taste. Also, different species=different diet=vastly different taste.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Duck is very good cooked correctly.Still doesn' beat Elk.

 

[Danny Hoey]

Quail gets my vote.

 

[jmez]

Moose
Elk
Antelope

In that order. All about personal taste. I've shot 1 caribou. I'd need to be starving to death to ever eat that again. It wasn't a meat care issue either. He fell where I shot him on the last morning of the hunt. Immediately quartered and put on ice and into the plane.

 

[Dos Perros]

axis

 

[WYLight]

1. Elk
2. Dall Sheep
3. Caribou

 

[Blinginpse]

Moose
Elk
Antelope

In that order. All about personal taste. I've shot 1 caribou. I'd need to be starving to death to ever eat that again. It wasn't a meat care issue either. He fell where I shot him on the last morning of the hunt. Immediately quartered and put on ice and into the plane.

I've heard caribou was awful too. Why was it bad?

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[Steve O]

Sheep, specifically tenderloin and ribs cooked on the mountain were my #1. Last September I killed a Musk Ox in Alaska. There is no comparison. Musk Ox is the best wild game meat there is. Axis deer IS excellent.

 

[WYLight]

I've heard caribou was awful too. Why was it bad?

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They are not very tasty during the rut but I’ve eaten tons of caribou from bulls outside of the rut and they are great!

 

[jmez]

Hard to describe, very strong flavor but not gamey. Not a lot different than domestic sheep, but an old ewe, not lamb. Very strong smell when you cooked it. Left a tallow type covering in your mouth.

I gave it to a buddy of mine and he thought it was the best stuff he's ever had.

 

[WyoKid]

So far Elk followed by Gambels Quail. Have yet to try Antelope.

Antelope is damn fine game...just be sure to skin it and get it cooled quickly. I haul a big ice chest with ice and skin and quarter at the truck. Quarters go in the cooler and finish butchering at home....never had a gamey taste that Antelope is known for.