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[WiskeyJaR]

I've been a hunter most me life, and its always been kinda personal belief in that you eat what you kill. No I dont ALWAYS hold to that, (Thinks about shooting grey diggers) but for the most part I like to eat what I've killed.

All that said, was wondering if folks ate cat's...and if so, hows the meat? I have heard both sides, good/bad, from local hunters, whats your ideas?

Thanks
WiskeyJaR

[CVC]

I am sure with the right seaonings it is good. A little soy sauce, some ginger, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, snow peas.....well you get the idea.

[GBoyd]

I've heard both sides as well.
If it's important to you, then you should try it. The meat might be good enough to do it again, if it's not, then there's no loss.

[rezhunter]

Picked up a hunter looking for cougs, he mentioned it tasted like pork.

[WAcoyotehunter]

It's really good. I grill just like a deer or elk steak. It's very white and lean meat- it's like really lean pork. The flavor is good, i keep some around to feed visitors to the farm that want "wild" (real wild) game for dinner.

[rude robert]

30 06 is that good to kill mountain lion???

[CVC]

I am sure it would be.

[Romey]

Lion meat is good, I know a oldtimer that prefers it to deer and elk even. 30-06 is more then enough to bring down a lion. I was on a lion hunt where a 357 was used on a treed cat and another that a box was used if thats any indication.

[CVC]

Just read a story about a lion hunt posted on another site in which the author states that lion meat is very good.

It may be a matter of preference. I've heard pronghorn is not good, but the meat I have in my freezer sure is tasty.

[Whelland]

Mountain lion meat is very good. It is tender, juicy and has a very good flavor. We smoked some backstraps once that were absolutely outstanding.

[predatorhunter]

It is the best meat you will ever eat.

[GUTPYLZ]

I read an article in Sports Affield and he raved about it. I trap a lot of Bobcats and tried it for the first time last year. It was really good. I like to try to eat what I kill, but there is no way in Heck am I going to eat a Yote or Fox. My friend has some Asian friends that eat anything is seems, so they don't go to waste.

Back to Cat Meat. It is a pearlly white that looks and taste good.

[civetcat]

a photo of two of my namesake at the market.

They've been dried to keep them from spoilining and then brought to the market for sale.

I have had them fresh. They have a reputation for being a strong meat. They did taste fairly gamey but I had them as an Ope, cooked slow with hardly any water, kafir lime leaf, lemon grass, star anise, until most of the juices have left the bones. Then eaten with sticky rice used to soak up the juices the way we do with bread. I forgot to mention, before cooking the whole thing was chopped up with a hatchet, bone splinters and all. One eats slow and spits out the bones.

I've spent time amongst people that will eat anything. Most things taste good, it's just a matter of matching the taste to the cooking method and using it to advantage, not covering it. I have heard large cat is mild. I'd love to taste Mountian Lion.

[CCHunter]

Yuk!! Cats are Gross!! However, I have lots of respect for all large predators, especially big cats, and would never personally shoot one unless my life was in danger!

[elkkill06]

I have eaten both mountain lion and bobcat and both are quite good. Especially on the barbeque!