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.