I ate it at High Arctic Lodge when hunted muskox in Aug 2003 on Victoria Island in Nunavut.

Tasted great and tender, just like moose, elk, etc.

Gentlemen, though I have not eaten Muskox meat I have eaten wild meat all my life of 74 years, and there are many things that can make a piece of meat tough, or taste strong, and most times  it is the way the meat was handled before being cooked, not as much how it was cooked.

 Assuming the hunters were careful with cleaning the knife of any musk, before cuting into the meat the problem may have been the other things needed in the care of the meat!

   contrary to popular belief, red meat in extremely cold country is hard to care for , for the best flavor. The reason is, it is usually frozen, too quickly,by the weather and not allowed to age properly.  Meat needs to hang at around 40 degrees for about five days before cocking, or freezing to allow the enzimes to break the meat down.  If meat is cooked too fresh it will most time be tough, and the flavor will be far stronger and will somtimes cause diarrhea! 

  In this case I believe it was a combination of the meat being too fresh, and the gravy had most likely been frozen in the can, and then thawed and was bad giving the diners a double dose of bad taste!

I was unexpectadly stranded on an island for 5 days by high seas while hunting Muskox. Shot 1 on the second day and lived on it, along with raumen noodles the whole time.  It was tasting great!! But then so were the raumen noodles..

The guides mentioned though that the old bulls were not a favortie.  The raw dried carribou was really excellent though!!!

Okay guys, I'll be the first to admit that I am a picky eater. Though I've lived in AK my entire life, had a father who was a very avid hunter, and ate a LOT of moose meat growing up, I still have to mentally "coach" myself that game meat is a good thing. And logically, I know it is.

That said, my fiance recently went on a musk ox hunt and got a relatively young bull. The first time he offered me some meat, I had already eaten and could gracefully decline ;-). Last night, I knew that I had to try it, and had noted that it smelled pretty good when he was cooking it (a steak). I tried it and was pleasantly surprised that it really didn't have a "gamey" taste at all. We have a freezer full of caribou, which I am not particularly fond of. He also occasionally has some venison, which I don't eat.

So, just a very long post to say that if I am actually looking forward to eating musk ox again, I am guessing that most of you would no have any problem with it whatsoever. Really, it must have been the gravy...