Quail is my all time favorite wild game by far.

On the hoof is another story.

Antelope loins are fantastic just about anyway you cook them. Even a little on the rare side. I used them in chili once by mistake and boy that stuff was the best chili i ever made. The chunks of meat fell apart in your mouth.

The best ive had was wild but "farm raised" Caribou...more like farm fed and not really domesticated. Followed closely by young deer that have been fed a lot of grains, sweet clover and common live stock feeds. The ones with a lot of acorns in the belly taste much stronger but are still awesome in chili.

Grandpa always left a few rows of corn up for them every fall and left out other bails of feed too. I think it was alfalfa and sorghum?

Anytime i get a stronger "gamey" meat i use it in chili or curry. All that strong flavor just blends with the other strong spices pretty well.