Eating bobcat!

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I saw on another thread where someone was talking about coyote jerky, and the topic of eating bobcat came up. I decided to post up a few photos from last years cat and what I did with it.

Many of the old time trapping/hunting magazines talk about eating bobcat regularly, so last year, I decided to give it a try.

I called this cat in on the first stand of the first day of the CA bobcat season out here. I took the back straps and both back legs, marinated them over night and then pan fried them. Tasted a lot like pork and tasted great. A light colored meat that picked up the flavor of the marinade. Any cats we get int he future will be treated the same.







 
I've also heard the same, although I couldn't muster the stones to eat mine last year. Looks pretty good pan fried, I must say.

Here's a pic of mine last year when we were poking and prodding it deciding weather or not to try it. Looks like beef or deer meat to me, and it wasn't all slimy like a coyote. Didn't smell hardly at all, I was surprised.
 
For some reason I think I could eat the bobcat or mountain lion. It looks tasty...but coyotes smell like it crawled out of a septic tank haha. Good job on the kill and the grub!

Shelton
 
I might be able to do cat since they're kind of clean. No way on earth could I eat coyote. I'll stick with the #3 meal at the McDonalds drive thru
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A friend shot a mountain lion a few years back and made a soup with the back straps that was quite tasty. I'm sure I would try bobcat if it was put in front of me.
 
I've had bobcat back strap, once. It was prepared by a guy I went to school with. I know he marinated it (but don't know what), and then grilled it on the ol' BBQ.
Tasted pretty decent.
I didn't know what it was until after I ate it.
(Did the same with raccoon & opossum.)


What I would really like to try, and haven't had the chance, are Bear, Elk, Pronghorn & Moose.
 
Originally Posted By: canislatrans54What I would really like to try, and haven't had the chance, are Bear, Elk, Pronghorn & Moose.

No elk or pronghorn! Dang Will, I gotta figure out a way to hook you up with some. Both of those are darn good eatin'. Bear and moose too, but I don't have any of that in the freezer.
 
Every cat I've opened up has a belly full of small mice and birds... AND a golf ball size clump of white crawly worms. Yuck!
 
Mt Lion is good, and I bet any cat would be good tasting if you know how to cook very lean meat.

Some of you guys may not know this little trick with marinating meat using a vacuum sealer. Put meat in the bag, put marinate in the bag, turn on the vacuum sealer. As the machine sucks all the air out of the bag, the meat instantly sucks in all the liquid...instantly...

We use this trick with the vacuum sealer on making jerky.
 
Originally Posted By: DiRTY DOGEvery cat I've opened up has a belly full of small mice and birds... AND a golf ball size clump of white crawly worms. Yuck!

it is best not to examine the stomach contents of any animal you plan on eating. you probably would not eat any of them.
 
Originally Posted By: ackleymanMt Lion is good, and I bet any cat would be good tasting if you know how to cook very lean meat.

Some of you guys may not know this little trick with marinating meat using a vacuum sealer. Put meat in the bag, put marinate in the bag, turn on the vacuum sealer. As the machine sucks all the air out of the bag, the meat instantly sucks in all the liquid...instantly...

We use this trick with the vacuum sealer on making jerky.



Thanks for the great tip, Keith. Can't wait to give it a try.

On a side note, still haven't had a chance to use the shot shells other than to pattern them and they were impressive. Hopefully soon.

Regards,
hm
 


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