Ram Edibility

[BarnesX.308]

I'm taking my 7 year old boy on an exotic ram hunt. Corsican, mouflon, texas dall. I've always preached to him that you eat what you kill. Hunting and fishing.

But everything I've heard says that the rams are terrible to eat. that nobody eats them. I've even heard that they have nasty habits involving the ingestion of urine. Sounds awful.

So, what's the verdict? Should we skip the meat? I can tell my boy that the meat is being donated. Or we can grind it up for the dogs. I was hoping it would be like lamb. Guess not.

[BarnesX.308]

Bump. Trip is in 18 days and I recently lost all my venison to a freezer malfunction recently. Need some wild game meat.

[elkmtngear]

Hi Scott,

Found this online....although I think if you follow this recipe, even an old boot would taste good.

http://www.ramarcheryonline.com/2009...-ram-meat.html

Best of Luck,
Jeff

[BarnesX.308]

Place a fresh cedar board in the oven at 225 degrees and heat. While this is heating, rub the ram meat with olive oil fresh garlic and a mix of one part sugar and six parts coarse salt.

I was waiting to read: "throw away the meat and eat the board"

Thanks. Since we're looking for a nice trophy, we'll likely be shooting an older ram so we'll need to prepare as such.

My first instinct was to grind it all and just use it for making sausage.

[elkmtngear]

Originally Posted by BarnesX.308

I was waiting to read: "throw away the meat and eat the board"

Thats great!

You might want to just sample a small chunk of the board, and see how it fares in relation to the meat

Seriously, I wish you guys the best of luck, and I hope you end up with a nice trophy or two

best wishes,
Jeff

[BarnesX.308]

Thanks. We'll do our best. It's on a 150 acre island and they usually have about 15 rams on the island at any given time.