Just had moose burger for the first time…

[ReaptheHeat]

I've been unsuccessful 25 times in my attempt to draw a Colorado Bull Moose. I'm about to give that up and just draw a Cow Moose.

Ha, you never know. Love looking at the draw recap and seeing people with 20+ points draw and then someone with 3+0.

 

[Fowl Play]

Id say eat moose today and a ribeye is a delicacy tomorrow.

Ive said it for years and I might get flack for saying it, but I genuinely think guys who rant and rave about how good game meat is and even go as far as to say it's better than beef, are lying to themselves. I think they deep down feel the need to justify killing and convince them selves that the meat is just the best thing ever.

I'm not saying that everyone who loves game meat has this complex, I'm sure some people genuinely prefer game meat over beef. But I also think a lot of people are going out of their way to praise game meat to make them selves feel better about killing.

The meat is just a bonus for me. I don't hunt for meat. Period. I hunt because I love to hunt. Elk is about the only animal that im excited to wind up with. The rest of it is a constant battle of specialty cooking to make it palatable.

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I’d like to see how your meat care is after the shot. I’ve had elk side by side with choice store bought steaks and genuinely preferred the elk. Is it dry aged prime grade ribeye, no, but delicious. And every antelope I’ve eaten rivaled elk if not better. But they were undressed quickly and put on ice within an hour after the shot — which I’ve heard is key, but never have let them sit to find out. Now mule deer and whitetail I’ve had good and bad of. Very few of those would I choose over a store bought steak if I was honest with the taste.

 

[Phaseolus]

Ha, you never know. Love looking at the draw recap and seeing people with 20+ points draw and then someone with 3+0.

I just turned 66, I've got to get it done while I can still get it out of the field.

 

[Andrew12gauge]

I have never had a bad experience eating mule deer or whitetails, I’ve had an antelope that was pretty rank and an elk that was like chewing shoe leather. Only had 1 moose steak in my life and I thought it was about the closest to beef of any game I’d had.


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[ReaptheHeat]

I just turned 66, I've got to get it done while I can still get it out of the field.

Hopefully you got good friends. Most of the moose I've seen are shot within a 1/4 of the road. Here's to good luck next year.

 

[grfox92]

Comparing a corn fed beef ribeye to venison is like comparing bacon to jerky. They’re just totally different things. I went without any elk or deer meat last year and had to buy store bought beef - lots of ribeyes, tri-tip, chuck steaks, etc. Honestly, after a couple months, it sucked. I also have had years ,like when I first got married, that we ate almost zero beef and had to live on elk- like almost every meal was elk, and we got tired of it after awhile too. You can get sick of anything if you eat enough of it.

But when you consider the nutritional value and health benefits of eating wild game vs factory farmed commodity beef and add in the feeling of pride and satisfaction that (hopefully) you feel when you serve your family protein that you have invested blood, sweat and tears into, there’s no comparison. If you raise your own beef maybe you get the same sense of satisfaction that comes with being a provider for your family but you sure as hell don’t get that feeling from going to the store and buying steaks in styrofoam packaging, gassed with carbon monoxide to keep them looking pink. So, no I’m not lying to myself or justifying my passion for hunting. Hunting and gathering your own food just hits different.

I agree with everything you said and feel the same way. My comment doesn't really apply to you based on your response, so I'm not implying that your lying. I also enjoy and get satisfaction serving my family good game meat.

I just believe that some people overhype wild game in a weird way. There are some people who genuinely believe game meat is better tasting than good beef.

Then there are some people who swear game meat is the best meat and are throwing out 4 year old freezer burned venison.

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[Ucsdryder]

I agree with everything you said and feel the same way. My comment doesn't really apply to you based on your response, so I'm not implying that your lying. I also enjoy and get satisfaction serving my family good game meat.

I just believe that some people overhype wild game in a weird way. There are some people who genuinely believe game meat is better tasting than good beef.

Then there are some people who swear game meat is the best meat and are throwing out 4 year old freezer burned venison.

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I can cook a backstrap better than most can cook a ribeye, I have no doubt.

If it was just based solely off taste a marbled ribeye is hard to beat but that’s apples to oranges. If you’re talking grass fed, low marble beef then I think it’s a toss up, now factor in the nutritional value of wild game vs domesticated, plus the fact that it’s basically free, and it’s not even close.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I can cook a backstrap better than most can cook a ribeye, I have no doubt.

If it was just based solely off taste a marbled ribeye is hard to beat but that’s apples to oranges. If you’re talking grass fed, low marble beef then I think it’s a toss up, now factor in the nutritional value of wild game vs domesticated, plus the fact that it’s basically free, and it’s not even close.

 

[Ucsdryder]

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Are you my wife or something?!

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

As my previous post alluded to, I have found pronghorn backstrap superior to any other gamer animal. I have yet to try moose.

You’ve tried moose burger you silly goose.

 

[Gravel Road]

Moose seemed a little bland to me.
1 Dall sheep
2 elk
3 caribou
4 Antelope
5 moose

 

[Pharmseller]

A Møøse once bit my sister ...

 

[noisy]

My buddy who lives in AK and shoots a moose every year says some are good and some taste like a swamp. He's never been able to figure out why.

 

[minas stiris]

souring moose meat with pork is just wrong
that being said i don't pre make and pre freeze burgers i thaw out burger and make the burgers then cook them
to add a bit of moisture i simply grate some red patato in with the meet a few oz of olive oil and good to go
that's just me

 

[MuleyFever]

You’ve tried moose burger you silly goose.

Oh yeah. They were delicious too.

 

[z987k]

I hear so many people say this meat is better than that but I have never noticed enough of a difference for it to matter.

I can’t tell the difference between moose, deer and elk. Antelope is about the only one I can differentiate.

Do you guys smoke by chance?

 

[Ucsdryder]

Do you guys smoke by chance?

Not once in my life. I have done taste tests before, similar to the one Randy Newberg did, and without fail, NOBODY, can tell the difference between any meat other than antelope due to sage.

You just can’t tell the difference, and I’ll stand by that statement until someone does a taste test and actually gets them right.

 

[MuleyFever]

Do you guys smoke by chance?

No. I can tell more difference in the texture than I can the taste though. Deer and elk I cant really tell the difference at all. Just tried Caribou recently and I think it definitely had a different taste. That said I dont know that I would be able to pick it out randomly I just know it tasted different than the deer I ate last week.

 

[z987k]

Not once in my life. I have done taste tests before, similar to the one Randy Newberg did, and without fail, NOBODY, can tell the difference between any meat other than antelope due to sage.

You just can’t tell the difference, and I’ll stand by that statement until someone does a taste test and actually gets them right.

I've had moose and elk on the same plate. Its not even close. Wild difference in flavor.
Idk why anyone would even hunt elk when moose is available if meat is your concern.

I can tell you're cooking caribou if I even walk in the house and you've opened a package of raw meat. That has such a distinct smell.

Wild sheep is better than domestic lamb. I've also done that taste test blind with a group of people. 2 frenched racks same seasoning, same oven. Everyone picks the dall.

I would agree bison is better than moose but bison is just north American cow.

 

[rustyN]

The moose i ate that was from Wyoming was a significantly different flavor than any other venison I've ever eaten. Id say it was the best game meat I've eaten.

1. Moose
2. Elk
3. Midwest (cornnfed) whitetail


Mule deer is typically nasty, but there are exceptions.

Antelope is exceptionally nasty with some exceptions.

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I've never had bad antelope. All were killed in WY. My last one was killed the end of August with a bow when it was 90F out.