Just had moose burger for the first time…

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Are you my wife or something?!

I was thinking what my wife would do if she read that or I said it

 

[wytx]

I shot a doe 4 years ago. She was good eating. I shot a 1.5 year old buck the next year, he was pretty good too. The last 2 bucks I shot were mature, and outside the backstaps which were delicious, the rest of the animal taste exactly like a goat smells. Not my idea of tasty meat.

But some people claim it's delicious. I couldn't imagine any human being taking a bite of the steak I cooked last week from last years Antelope buck and thinking it tasted good. I literally took one bite and spit it out onto the cutting board and gave it to the dogs. It was that rank. It was cooked perfect, rare and I'm grass fed butter. I shot that buck basically on a dirt road, drove right up to it and had it quarter and on ice within 30 minutes of his last hear beat. Meat care couldn't have been better. So I really don't know. Its pretty hit or miss. 50/50 in my experience and the 4 I've killed have been on 3 very different parts of the state.

Pictured below is Mr Nasty.

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Your hands on those cheek patches tells me all I need to know about that meat. That smell and taint goes a long way once you touch them.

Moose in the rut smells and tastes like willow bushes, age them after the take.

 

[Ophert]

Moose is probably my least favorite. The best game meat I have had is probably august caribou followed closely to muskox. I hunt moose during the rut though. Dall sheep pretty good too.

 

[Pharmseller]

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

 

[grfox92]

Your hands on those cheek patches tells me all I need to know about that meat. That smell and taint goes a long way once you touch them.

Moose in the rut smells and tastes like willow bushes, age them after the take.

Call me a sissy but I wear nitrile gloves when cutting up animals, so no contamination on that front.

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[MallardSX2]

Moose burger is the most disgusting thing I have ever eaten. I had to give 75% of my moose away. Couldn't eat the stuff. Everyone else raved about how good it was. lol

My wife's moose was pretty good but we still didn't care for the burger.

 

[MDR]

Moose is pretty great. Early season caribou is by far the best. So tender.

I've had good bison and one so tough that I turned it all to burger.

 

[Robinhood21]

Moose is incredible... easily my favorite with pronghorn being my second favorite

 

[30338]

Shot a CO cow moose one late Sept and was very disappointed in it. I'd wager a bull prior to the rut would be better perhaps. No great moose love here. I'd rate bighorn, antelope, whitetail, elk and mule deer as all better than the sample of 1 we had.

 

[Snowwolfe]

Moose is delicious. So are whitetail and blacktail. If I were eating burger in a blind test doubt I could tell you the difference.
Many people taste what their mind tells them to taste.
The taste of burger is very dependent on how the meat was processed, what type and how much fat was added, how much of the animals fat and blood shot meat was removed before it was ground up, the temperature the meat was held at, etc. etc.

 

[spike camp]

So basically…we all totally disagree lol

 

[Stubee]

I’ve not hunted moose but have had it several times. I found all but one meal to be excellent, maybe the best of venisons, and I like ‘em all: whitetail, pre-rut caribou, mulie, elk…

The one meal was at probably the worst New Brunswick bear outfit that ever existed, though we made the best of it, had fun, and those that could sit still got a chance at a bear. It was just after moose season so the outfitter had plenty of that around and one night our wizened old cook served us a moose roast. My friend said “ so Cookie, how’d you prepare this roast?” and Cookie proudly proclaimed “just like I cook all meat, throw it in the oven at 350 and take it out after 8 hours”!

T’was a shame, but it made good sandwiches sliced paper thin with a lotta mayo on top.


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[WMR]

Moose burger good. Me like.

Good thing, ‘cause there’s a bunch of it on a moose.

 

[NorthIdahoDude]

For whatever reason, I agree with you about moose burgers. There's something about them that it's just better, noticeably so, than other venison.

But the steaks and stuff, not that different to me, for reasons unknown. Still amazing and delicious, and like elk versus deer, if I had them side by side I could identify moose versus other venison, and yes, I would give a slight edge to the moose, but just a slight edge. Whereas I'd say the moose burger is a lot better.

 

[RaggedHunter]

I killed a moose this fall and this was my first time trying it. I have to agree with the OP. By far the best game meat I've eaten, in my opinion it's not even comparable to elk or deer. It was the only wild game I have ever processed that did not leave any kind of residual smell on my hands after processing. We made a ton of burger out of my moose, but all the steaks, roasts and anything we have made from the moose has been fantastic. My kids can't get enough of it. Moose burgers are requested nightly by my kids when we ask them what they want for dinner.

I haven't had bison or oryx but have heard great things about both of those from buddies. Would love to try both someday and compare.

 

[BRWNBR]

I’ve eaten a few moose. Lived in AK almost my whole life.
Some moose good. Some great. Some crap.
Caribou-fall caribou crap. Winter caribou amazing.
Deer-almost all great. One was awful.
Sheep-well…it’s sheep soo….always amazing.
Black bear-killer killer burger. So far spring bears all amazing burger. Hundreds of pounds of it eaten every year in our home.

Moose are for hot dogs and sticks.

 

[applesauce4000]

This has been a thoroughly entertaining thread.

I killed my first (cow) elk this year. The backstraps have been delightful. The burger has been best well seasoned. I am beginning to either cook it in bacon grease or with other meats mixed in. My wife will sometimes not be so happy with some of it, which frankly, I don't deal with very graciously.

I have yet to cook my first wild turkey which has now been sitting in the freezer for 5 months. I was getting flustered cutting it up as the feathers kept folding back onto the meat. Hopefully it's not too rough! I've heard I should brine that thing for a few days.

Ultimately, as a new hunter, I am learning from this thread that you're never guaranteed to have great meat.

 

[medvedyt]

Moose was my favorite, until I had Oryx.

eland is way better if that matters.

 

[medvedyt]

as im not really a trophy hunter and i never tried antler soup i can tell that from north east to northwest the best game is a caribou in august ... a bison calf may reach that but as we hunt them in winter i still prefer the way the caribou meat in august is.

on a side note we have done a few blind test meat eating and everytime the black bear is gone while the grizzly remains always the last but again for me caribou meat taken in august.

there is no way you will get me eating a rut bull of caribou as even the dog wont touch it and if you are experienced you wont let your friends cook one in their own home ...

 

[medvedyt]

just had a moose meat mixed with local raised pork in our spaghetti sauce it was great but not reaching a steak or a roast of a caribou taken in august. i do hope i repeated enough lol