Anyone ever eaten coyote meat before?
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I have ate it fried, and in a stew, the fella that used to cook a lot of it boiled it first to remove the oily fat. It was actually pretty good. I have had squirrel as well.
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I've eaten coyote, along with several other wild game animals that are not really that common to eat, like lynx, cougar, beaver, (insert cougar and beaver jokes here...) squirrels, ground squirrels.
Coyote is a very lean white-ish meat, very-very much like lynx (which makes sense since they have similar diets) and both meats have very little flavor, but are a little tough.
We have done both those meats up in a slow cooker with coarsly chopped veggies and spices and they made a very good stew. Again, not much to comment on the meat flavour itself, as it has surprisingly little on it's own.
Honestly I think anyone who complains about coyote meat being gross never actually tried any; it's kind of like the "chicken" of the predator group. Any bear I've eaten ( and that's LOTS) has much more actual taste than coyote.
And don't get me started on beaver, the armpit of the meat food group....
Coyote is a very lean white-ish meat, very-very much like lynx (which makes sense since they have similar diets) and both meats have very little flavor, but are a little tough.
We have done both those meats up in a slow cooker with coarsly chopped veggies and spices and they made a very good stew. Again, not much to comment on the meat flavour itself, as it has surprisingly little on it's own.
Honestly I think anyone who complains about coyote meat being gross never actually tried any; it's kind of like the "chicken" of the predator group. Any bear I've eaten ( and that's LOTS) has much more actual taste than coyote.
And don't get me started on beaver, the armpit of the meat food group....
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I had squirrel once and it was delicious! I spiced it up with a little oil, salt, pepper and rosemary and roasted it in the oven with some potatoes. It was really good actually
I have never eaten coyote or any other canine meat. I am not sure that I wouldn't try it but I definitely wouldn't cook it the way Rinella does in that video. I am a pretty fan of Rinella but sometimes I wonder about his tastes... I think that the coyote might have been more tasty if they didn't just burn the hair off but skinned it and cooked it. I think the smell of burning coyote hair would turn my stomach but that is just me...
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I guess I haven't ever been hungry enough to consider eating coyote meat. Nor would I eat sushi, plus a lot of other stuff. Guys on here have asked about eating gophers - no thanks. I'll stick to food that shares much the same formula as weed spray. 
Coyote meat is fine if the coyote is healthy. If you're unsure of its health don't eat it. It does have a distinctive flavor though depending on what it has been eating. Mid winter coyotes can have a very strong/bitter flavor. The meat is light in color, fine grained and has little if any fat. Yes, coyotes stink when you skin them out. The best way to get away from that is leave the guts in them, it's the inner cavity that stinks.
Coyote is similar in grain and flavor to Puma/Mountain Lions. I have run into some very grainy Cougars in my youth so I won't use that term.
When I take a coyote for meat it's usually in the fall before the snow falls or just after. The meat is better as in the flavor is much milder. I take only the hind legs and the back straps. The same goes for those big marmots taken from private property. People gag but during the early thirties there was a booming business selling ground squirrel as a delicacy to eastern restaurants. When a newspaper reporter came to the prairies to get the story of the seemingly unlimited squirrel supply he was shocked to find out that the new delicacy were actually "gophers." This was quickly reported and killed the industry. Marmot tastes like Rabbit only better and not so dry.
Lots of people turn up their noses at such things. They don't know what they are missing. Same goes for bear meat. Everyone has heard that bears carry Trichinosis. Well, bear meat is delicious if it hasn't been foraging in the dumps. Corn field or silage fed bears are delicious. The only problem with them is to much fat if they are taken in the fall.
Raccoon is good as well. Back in the day when shooting a troublesome badger was legal I shot one that made a home under our chicken coop. Again, I only took the backstraps and the hind legs. It was very good eating. If you want to try skinning a creature with a tough thick hide, cut down along the backbone of a badger. That hide is almost a cm thick and even a very sharp knife has a tough time of it. No wonder the Natives prized those hides for shields.
Coyote is similar in grain and flavor to Puma/Mountain Lions. I have run into some very grainy Cougars in my youth so I won't use that term.
When I take a coyote for meat it's usually in the fall before the snow falls or just after. The meat is better as in the flavor is much milder. I take only the hind legs and the back straps. The same goes for those big marmots taken from private property. People gag but during the early thirties there was a booming business selling ground squirrel as a delicacy to eastern restaurants. When a newspaper reporter came to the prairies to get the story of the seemingly unlimited squirrel supply he was shocked to find out that the new delicacy were actually "gophers." This was quickly reported and killed the industry. Marmot tastes like Rabbit only better and not so dry.
Lots of people turn up their noses at such things. They don't know what they are missing. Same goes for bear meat. Everyone has heard that bears carry Trichinosis. Well, bear meat is delicious if it hasn't been foraging in the dumps. Corn field or silage fed bears are delicious. The only problem with them is to much fat if they are taken in the fall.
Raccoon is good as well. Back in the day when shooting a troublesome badger was legal I shot one that made a home under our chicken coop. Again, I only took the backstraps and the hind legs. It was very good eating. If you want to try skinning a creature with a tough thick hide, cut down along the backbone of a badger. That hide is almost a cm thick and even a very sharp knife has a tough time of it. No wonder the Natives prized those hides for shields.
Never have but I would. Squirrel is delicious and anyone who says otherwise has never had it. Bear is one of my favourite wild game meats. If you have had it and didn't like it then it either wasn't cleaned properly or wasn't prepared properly. Shoot a black bear, take a neck roast and put it in the slow cooker and it will be one of the best things you have eaten if you are a meat eater.
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+1 to this! My daughter and I have been hunting / cooking squirrels....we simmer them in a pot of water just-boiling water for about an hour and a half, then bread them and give them a quick sizzle in the skillet with some olive oil. They are delicious.
Re the original question of coyote - I have cooked it up once and have to say about the only thing more revolting is the single crow we tried to cook up last year. Yech!
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