Safari Animals on the Table

[Lou (Louis)]

You are probably right. A lot of people who should know seem to hate it and they didn't want to use the meat from the only one I ever shot. I was okay with that as we had plenty of great eating in the camp without it.

Your take on it reminds me of pronghorns over here. My cousin, who is fairly fussy about how animals are handled, killed a buck and later said they weren't, "fit to feed to the dogs." Later, I went to Wyoming with another buddy. He started working in a slaughter house killing and skinning. He then became a meat cutter, and eventually the head meat cutter for a large grocery store chain. I killed a big old buck and a fawn, he killed a younger buck and a nature doe. Pretty much covered the bases. I was amazed to see what he did with my old buck. We found an old barn that was mostly falling down but still had a good beam. He skinned the buck without getting a single one of those brittle, loose hairs on the carcass. I couldn't have done that. All four of the animals were delicious. My wife still asks occasionally why I don't "go kill another antelope, at least they're good to eat."

I’ll go with you!

 

[HookMeUpII]

Top of the line: Zebra, Eland, Kudu, Impala
Great: Wildebeest, Blesbok, Gemsbok

That was all we really had there. Everything I listed I would eat again in a heartbeat.

The ones I've heard, but can't confirm are not great:

Warthog - My PH said they turn most of it into sausage for the trackers and locals. I suppose sort of like a wild boar here.

Waterbuck - Heard this from time to time.

Giraffe - Our PH said it's incredibly tough and sinewy.

 

[HookMeUpII]

Had lion kebabs as snacks in Tanzania many many years ago...but only to try...( my brotherloved them)..wouldn't again due to feline aids etc ....Leopard fillet had couple times not bad....but in African countries not much in the way of leopard maneaters.....and the lion was shot in the middle of the selous back when there was even less chance of a lion finding someone to eat than now....

Interesting and definitely good to know.

I know the shocking delicacy here is mountain lion in the USA. They say it's described as a "even better pork."

 

[HookMeUpII]

Your take on it reminds me of pronghorns over here. My cousin, who is fairly fussy about how animals are handled, killed a buck and later said they weren't, "fit to feed to the dogs." Later, I went to Wyoming with another buddy. He started working in a slaughter house killing and skinning. He then became a meat cutter, and eventually the head meat cutter for a large grocery store chain. I killed a big old buck and a fawn, he killed a younger buck and a nature doe. Pretty much covered the bases. I was amazed to see what he did with my old buck. We found an old barn that was mostly falling down but still had a good beam. He skinned the buck without getting a single one of those brittle, loose hairs on the carcass. I couldn't have done that. All four of the animals were delicious. My wife still asks occasionally why I don't "go kill another antelope, at least they're good to eat."

Your cousin is outside the norm of what I've heard. Pronghorn is super high on my list. I've heard they are delicious. The backstraps are supposedly out of this world.

I haven't killed one yet but I'm with you...can't wait to get after one.

 

[Mountainshadows]

Pronghorn, my next favorite behind elk.

 

[Wiley64]

+ 1 for Eland and oryx