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Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 01:29 AM
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I’ve heard a lot, and I’ve found very few to be true. I think it’s ridiculous how so many people think that so many animals aren’t worth eating, especially when they’ve never tried them. I always have to find out for myself, when I can. I’ve eaten a lot of animals and animal parts outside of the normal spectrum, and I’ve only found two that I just can’t handle. One is sea urchin. That was prepared in a sushi restaurant. I have no idea why anyone eats that. The other was jackrabbit. I’m certain it can be cooked in a way to make it edible, and it wasn’t horrible the way I cooked it. But you can’t just toss that on a grill and expect anyone to finish it.
Here’s a list of animals I’ve eaten and liked, that I’ve heard weren’t worth eating. I don’t even consider any of this all that adventurous. That’s what baffles me. And I’d like to know what y’all would add to the list.
Carp Gar Drum Large bass Large catfish Coons Javelina Mule deer Large boars
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 12:12 PM
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 12:37 PM
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 01:02 PM
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Squirrel. Love some brunswick stew. Turtle Armadillo. much better than I thought it would be.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 02:15 PM
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A big bull red.
My wife caught it on the 61st st pier in Galveston several years ago. By the time we got it up, got the hook out, snapped a couple pictures and threw it back, he was a floater. Fished it back out with a drop net and tagged it.
We had to put in a bit of extra time making sure to get all the dark stuff trimmed out but it fried up great!
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 02:23 PM
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I am finishing up a book about the Comanches and how they lived - they not only ate just about any animal there is they also ate every single bit of them - including intestines, bowels, etc. No thanks!
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 02:31 PM
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Soft shell turtle = awesome Rattlesnake = pretty good Javelina = decent Frog legs = awesome Jackrabbit = food for the dogs
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 02:31 PM
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I am finishing up a book about the Comanches and how they lived - they not only ate just about any animal there is they also ate every single bit of them - including intestines, bowels, etc. No thanks! Yeah, I don’t think anything was off limits to them.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 02:38 PM
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I am finishing up a book about the Comanches and how they lived - they not only ate just about any animal there is they also ate every single bit of them - including intestines, bowels, etc. No thanks! Was it The Comanche Empire by any chance? Pretty interesting book.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 03:52 PM
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I know lots of guys that can’t stand them. Mine was delicious. I think I just got lucky and shot a tasty bruin
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 09:07 PM
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Pronghorn is close to the top of the list of great eating animals for me. Had Javelina sausage a couple years ago and it was delicious.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 09:20 PM
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I've had bear and Pronghorn and both were delicious.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 09:35 PM
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Large boar huh? My experience is you got lucky. Maybe one that wasn’t producing testosterone for some reason.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 09:41 PM
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I am finishing up a book about the Comanches and how they lived - they not only ate just about any animal there is they also ate every single bit of them - including intestines, bowels, etc. No thanks! Was it The Comanche Empire by any chance? Pretty interesting book. Yes Empire of the Summer Moon - fascinating book for sure ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/06/full-47343-423819-th.jpg)
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 10:32 PM
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... they also ate every single bit of them - including intestines, bowels, etc. No thanks! They still do this in southern Africa. They are starved for protein. My first trip to Zimbabwe in '99, the trackers wanted to roast liver, etc., directly on coals at the side of the road. Unfortunately, my hunting buddy was over pork for HEB at the time, and he simply couldn't stomach it. I've always regretted not forcing the issue. I have witnessed taking a government scout back to his quarters, via boat on the Zambezi, at the end of a hunt, and he was partially paid in meat, in our modern, plastic grocery sacks, and there were maggots crawling all over the meat and out onto the floor of the boat. 'Didn't bother that old man one bit. He actually helped on the hunt, which is rare.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/24/24 11:28 PM
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/25/24 12:22 AM
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Cooked jackrabbit wasn’t a fan. Have shot cleaned and cooked some others off the list that were great and same animal same cooking/processing that were awful. Javalina and hogs, my take is they are either tasty or not.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/25/24 01:21 AM
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Wild buffalo = very good Wild beaver = an acquired taste! 
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/25/24 05:09 AM
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I’ve eaten armadillo and it was good. Also many different birds when you get. Fieldlark are very liver tasting and tough. Robin taste just like dove. Crow, yes I really are crow once. Was nasty Possum it was ok. Armadillo was white pork like meat that was tasty Raccoon was tough but edible Bobcat was tough and had a weird flavor. Never got the nerve to try coyote or prairie dog. Snapping turtle was good. Grilled like a steak
All were tried when we were youngsters. We would try to eat anything we killed. Usually cooked over an open fire on a stick or a homemade grill. Good times for sure
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/25/24 12:23 PM
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Crow, yes I really ate crow once. Was nasty
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/25/24 12:24 PM
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Pronghorn is close to the top of the list of great eating animals for me. Had Javelina sausage a couple years ago and it was delicious. I killed my Pronghorn outside Marfa, TX on a 70° day. The meat was taken care of like any other meat is, and bled in the cooler for 10 days (I usually go 7 days). Some of the best game meat I've ever eaten. And many said it wasn't fit to eat. That was false.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/25/24 01:00 PM
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Large boar huh? My experience is you got lucky. Maybe one that wasn’t producing testosterone for some reason. I usually don’t mess with them because they’re so nasty, but I have pulled the back straps off a few. I was very careful to peel the hide back without contaminating the meat.
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/25/24 01:01 PM
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Pronghorn is close to the top of the list of great eating animals for me. Had Javelina sausage a couple years ago and it was delicious. I killed my Pronghorn outside Marfa, TX on a 70° day. The meat was taken care of like any other meat is, and bled in the cooler for 10 days (I usually go 7 days). Some of the best game meat I've ever eaten. And many said it wasn't fit to eat. That was false. A lot of hunters don’t care for their meat properly. Pronghorn are usually shot in warm weather. I think this is why so many don’t like it.
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06/25/24 01:17 PM
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Re: Old wives tales: eating animals edition
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06/25/24 01:21 PM
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noticed no one has recomended ahdatnasty aoudad
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