I shot a small bull elk (I mean it did not have the massive horns you see a lot of them have. But the guide told me to shoot it) many years ago. And the guides (him and his two boys) skinned it and quartered it. Then froze it for the ride home. Back home we butchered that elk and I have to admit.. it was some of the best eating meat I ever had. I remember one evening we threw a elk roast in a dutch oven with a couple sticks of margarine, some carrots and onions.. and I added some seasonings. One in particular we liked is called Kitchen Bouquet. Its a liquid. You pour that all over the meat and while it cooks it makes its own gravy. To this day, I never seen a roast disappear that fast. Even people that "were not real fond of venison" ate like pigs. I've always threatened to go back west some year and shoot another elk. With a muzzleloader this time. Only because of the memories of the meat.

Another great animal to eat is a moose. Not a swamp moose mind you, but a good woods, clear lake moose. We used to hunt them in Canada. Great hunting up there. That makes a beef steer in a taste test just look pathetic.

And while a lot of people will tell you Bear meat is terrible.. I have one thing to say.. learn how to cook it. If cooked right, bear meat is fantastic. If made wrong.. it will make you almost gag.

I ate antelope twice. Once was not bad. Once was horrible. And even deer in Wisconsin taste according to what they eat. You shoot a deer in the south of the state where it feeds on hay, corn, soy beans, and oats.. there is nothing better. But shoot one up in the pine swamps, and that will make the dog leave the house when you cook it.