Sorry but I will never be able to tell you how it tastes because this one is on it's way to the taxidermist. I'm a hunter obviously but also a collector. My first encounter with the Chachalacha was down in Mexico on a duck hunt about 20 years ago. We could hear it and the guide told us to get our guns but never did see it. I wasn't motivated enough to go back to Mexico for one but have been doing lots of work trying to find a guided hunt for them in one of the four counties in Texas where they can legally be hunted. A few leads but nothing ever panned out. Finally earlier this year, I made contact with a guy in Brownsville that told me that his Grandfather had some on his ranch and that I could come down there and hunt. On the first morning, we heard nor saw anything. He had other properties to hunt but once again, we saw no birds. The afternoon hunt turned out great as we came across about six birds in the mesquite feeding on berries. A friend of mine who is a taxidermist told me to use nothing larger than 7 1/2 shot with a .410 but someone on this site told me that you might want to think about 6 shot if you're shooting a bird in the thick mesquite. My gun was a single shot and the rancher told me to make it count because they would not come back after the first shot. I had one shot size in the right pocket and the other in the left. I was loaded with the 7 1/2 shot when one bird dropped down from the tree to feed on the ground. I put the bead on him at about 30 yards and he didn't go anywhere. It was a fun and exciting hunt!
