rooster440
WKR
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- Nov 15, 2017
Never hunted moose in rut, just curious if the bulls taste tainted during rut? Would they taste “different” before and after? Thanks.
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AKDoc, I can't resist a science fact about the 6" of neck meat smelling the worst, generally.
I agree about the neck hair being crazy piss-soaked, especially the first 6-18" of the hide from the head. But, physiologically the urine they drink is what causes the meat to actually taste like "rut." Once they start smelling of urine, which is usually their own from wallows and scrapes, they also begin trailing cows and consume copious volumes of cow urine before she actually begins estrous. By the time she's ready, the bulls have taste tested her essence to ID the hormonal flux that triggers mating...besides her willingness.
At the end of the day, whether a bull's meat taste like rut is a factor determined by the volume of urine that has been consumed. Once the liver and kidneys fail to process the ingested urine, those enzymes back up into the bloodstream and filter throughout the body. Therefore, the taste gets distributed throughout the body and builds up in muscles with most blood circulation and physical use (neck and hind legs especially).
Just some additional thoughts.
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The last moose I shot was near the Yukon river in western AK on September 15th. Absolutely amazing taste. I guess I've never shot a bad tasting moose so I can't say what one tastes like. I like to time the hunts for later in September...