OT: Did you ever eat COYOTES ? ? ?

[Old No7]

Who needs the Food Network when we have this fine website...

I saw this info posted on a Maine outdoor forum today, in an article about trapping and hunting coyotes to help out the dwindling deer herd.

This is how the author -- the now retired, but long-serving and highly respected wildlife biologist for moose & deer -- ended his article on coyotes...

"And don't neglect the culinary value of coyotes. After all, coyote meat is just venison one critter removed! Seriously, if skinned and boned soon after its demise, coyote meat is light, like veal, and as versatile as pork. It's great in smoked sausages. I operate a commercial smokehouse for wild game, and everyone thinks my coyote-meat pepperoni 'Yodel Sticks' are delicious. Admittedly, some change their mind when I tell them what they're eating..."

Ahem, um, yeah, ah, gee, hmmm, well, ya see, ayuh....................

I guess we've gotta change our State motto from "Maine: The Way Life Should Be" to "Maine: The Way Life Should Be -- But Not Be Eaten"...

Hey, look -- here comes DINNER!!!

Coyote - Comin to dinner.jpg

Now I'm thinking of that old commercial from when I was a kid (am really dating myself with this one...)

"Hey, what's a matter with Mikey?"

...(Mikey looks a little glum...)

"Oh, Mom just got some new cereal..."

...(They watch to see what he'll do...)

................

...(Mikey starts to eat...)

"He likes it! Hey Mom, can I have some of those Coyote Chex too???"



Old No7

[Sixgun]

Ole #7,
Thats nasty. Eating yotes ranks up there with eatin' cats.--------Sixgun

[FWiedner]

The guy is a l... is untruthful.

There's always somebody out there who can make ice-cream from a doot, but having taken up the challenge at least once I can say without reservation that, in my experience, coyote is just as nasty as any other scavenger or carrion eater.

[Bigahh]

No, but I have shot at plenty!

[Chuck 100 yd]

Where is that Puke smilie when you need it???

[win92]

tried lynx at a game dinner ONCE . (never again) had the texture of bubble gum. Didn't enjoy it at all. I'm not desperate enough to try coyote just yet.

[TedH]

Ole #7,
Thats nasty. Eating yotes ranks up there with eatin' cats.--------Sixgun

Never tried eating coyote, but I wouldn't compare it to eating cat. Mountain Lion is some of the finest wild game you could hope for. Hard to tell it from a lean pork chop.

[pokey]

Ole #7,
Thats nasty. Eating yotes ranks up there with eatin' cats.--------Sixgun

Never tried eating coyote, but I wouldn't compare it to eating cat. Mountain Lion is some of the finest wild game you could hope for. Hard to tell it from a lean pork chop.

amerinds thought cougar a delicacy.

[kimwcook]

Cougar is an extremely lean meat. I was about three sheets when I ate some of my brother's. I'd try it again as best I can remember. Coyote, nope, not that hungry.......yet.

[rjohns94]

no, but a friend and I shot some in southern california and while at my friends (Darryl) house, his neighbor, (from southeast asia area) came by and watched and watched and watched, then went home and came back with his wife and they were talking in their native language and were rather animated. Eventually he approached and speaking to my friend said:


"Mr. Darryl, whatcha going to do with them dogs??"

He went home giggling with glee with two trash bags, one yote to a bag.


Who knew???

[kaschi]

That guy must have Alsheimer's....Seriously, eating one of those would be like eating dog. I guess the Chinese and Koreans could enjoy it.

[pokey]

not to my taste, but,,,,,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat

[Hagler]

Coyotes, huh? ...well, a few years ago, 20/20 ran a story about how "domestic" animals are treated & eaten in Asian countries. They discovered that some people actually eat rats. When asked about what he likes to eat, one restaurant owner exclaimed "prefer rat; dog too greasey!"

Shawn

[FWiedner]

I've had dog in both Korea and in Mexico, and it wasn't bad. Those animals were raised to be eaten.

My coyote experience was "domestic" in that I was on this side of the border, but the game was wild. I'd not wish it on anyone that I liked.

[oic0]

Bioamplification or biomagnification. The further up the food chain you go the higher the concentrations of toxins. Some animals are so bad eating just one will kill you or damage you permenantly. Coyotes probably arent that bad on the toxin scale but I avoid eating predators as a rule of thumb (ones that eat fish are the worst, look up what happens if you eat an eagle).

[pokey]

Bioamplification or biomagnification. The further up the food chain you go the higher the concentrations of toxins. Some animals are so bad eating just one will kill you or damage you permenantly. Coyotes probably arent that bad on the toxin scale but I avoid eating predators as a rule of thumb (ones that eat fish are the worst, look up what happens if you eat an eagle).

following that logic, things like shark, octopus, squid, gator, etc.
should be terrible. seems alot get eaten by folks, some say they're pretty good.

[claybob86]

following that logic, things like shark, octopus, squid, gator, etc.
should be terrible. seems alot get eaten by folks, some say they're pretty good.

Maybe it's because the critters mentioned are not birds or mammals. Seems like a fish diet makes warm blooded animals taste uh, funny. We are accustomed to the taste of certain cold blooded animals that eat fish. Bass, trout, tuna, salmon, etc. They all taste good.

[firefuzz]

Ole #7,
Thats nasty. Eating yotes ranks up there with eatin' cats.--------Sixgun

Never tried eating coyote, but I wouldn't compare it to eating cat. Mountain Lion is some of the finest wild game you could hope for. Hard to tell it from a lean pork chop.

I've read that in several articles written years ago, never had the opportunity to try it and I'm not looking for one.

To answer the orginal question, NO...but I've been hungry enough to try if one had been available.

Rob

[bdhold]

because there are no foxes, I dare say you colonists have et them all.

[Buffboy]

Eaten cougar loin, can't say I was impressed. Maybe it was the preparation, I grilled it but it didn't live up to the hype IMO.

I'm not likely to try coyote.

[76/444]

I pretty much stay with putting only herbivores on my plate. I have buds who proclaim their great recipes for cat and bear,... but I like to fall back on the old saying, "you are what you eat",.... and I have seen what coyote and bear eat. NOT my thing!


Now,... I haven't been REALLY hungry of late, either! So, who knows what could be in the cards for the future!

[nemhed]

I always say the difference between what I'll eat and what I won't eat is 24hrs...but I've never been truly starving. Last coyote I shot I thought about boiling and grinding up the meat to feed to my dogs but ended up passing on the idea. Every time I shoot a ground hog I briefly consider cooking it up but always find an excuse not to.

[silverbuzzard]

Killer Whales have been observed attacking Great White Sharks and killing them only to eat the liver and then leave the scene. Obviously something they like but if you ate that liver you would die because of the food chain progression concentrating vitamin A in the liver.
Coyotes eat poop and dead animals ,think about it....

[oic0]

On a side note, how do you guys shoot the lil turds? my friends land is covered in them but they only come out at night and they keep their distance. I will occasionally see one during the day riding my dirt bike and they don't consider me a threat at all. If I have a gun though or am on foot, they are long gone.

[madman4570]

About like eating a boiled possum. Want some ?--------- "NOT"

[Chas.]

"Hey, what's a matter with Mikey?"

...(Mikey looks a little glum...)

"Oh, Mom just got some new cereal..."

...(They watch to see what he'll do...)

................

...(Mikey starts to eat...)

"He likes it! Hey Mom, can I have some of those Coyote Chex too???"



Old No7

If I remember correctly, Mikey will eat about anything.

[brno602]

Killer Whales have been observed attacking Great White Sharks and killing them only to eat the liver and then leave the scene. Obviously something they like but if you ate that liver you would die because of the food chain progression concentrating vitamin A in the liver.
Coyotes eat poop and dead animals ,think about it....

Ya they sure like to eat poop I don't no why?oh I could tell story's, but Lot's of Soya sauce I am sure it will taste just like chicken?( the yote not the poop) I met a guy dragging Porcupine out of the woods once! I have tried Bear and did not like it. But I love deer or any kind of ungulate liver.
P.S about the Story's my best hunting bud say's a Human turd is like a candy bar for them

[Sixgun]

They discovered that some people actually eat rats. When asked about what he likes to eat, one restaurant owner exclaimed prefer rat; " Shawn

In 1968 my big brother killed a rat in the hooch in Viet nam. He had it on a shovel and was about to throw it over the fence when this Vietnamese lady came running over screaming, "no, no, we eat it"

[Old No7]

"If I remember correctly, Mikey will eat about anything."

That's it!!!!!!! My CRS must'a been kickin' in......

Glad to see his post was received "in good taste"!!!

Old No7

[FWiedner]

As I recall, the line was: "Mikey won't eat it, he hates everything."

"He likes it... Hey Mikey!"

[shawn_c992001]

I know of a guy who ate a bobcat, he said it was pretty good. (He lives over around Hobie's way....) That wikipedia link goes to tell about a guy dying from eating the liver of a sled dog.

Coyote? Eat it? HE77 NO!

[JB]

My uncle cooked a bobcat and swore it was good. I wasn't around at the time,but would have tried it. Dogs are eaten many places in Asia. It wouldn't bother me try coyote.

[madman4570]

Dogs are eaten many places in Asia. It wouldn't bother me try coyote.

Thats why those places in Asia should probably be Nuked. No, maybe that is a bit harsh ,how bout those eating the Doggies just gathered up and fed to the Sharks!)
Eating a Dog ------------Mans very best friend??

[Grizz]

Killer Whales have been observed attacking Great White Sharks and killing them only to eat the liver and then leave the scene. Obviously something they like but if you ate that liver you would die because of the food chain progression concentrating vitamin A in the liver.
Coyotes eat poop and dead animals ,think about it....

Now you tell us. During WWll, before vitamin A could be synthesized, sharks were killed by the tens of thousands expressly for their livers. Too bad all that generation was wiped out by bad shark liver oil, who knows what they could have accomplished?

Grizz

[Doc Hudson]

amerinds thought cougar a delicacy.

They also considered white dogs to be the very best dish to serve to important company.

Let's face it, Indians were the original Cajuns. They'd eat anything that walks, crawls, swims, slithers or flies. Their endorsement of cougar meat carries much lesss weight than Ted's comment IMO.

[Doc Hudson]

Coyotes, huh? ...well, a few years ago, 20/20 ran a story about how "domestic" animals are treated & eaten in Asian countries. They discovered that some people actually eat rats. When asked about what he likes to eat, one restaurant owner exclaimed "prefer rat; dog too greasey!"

Shawn

In the bad old days of the sailing navies, it was an article of faith among British Midshipmen that, "A rat that has had run of the bread locker for two years is much tastier than salt beef 20 years in the cask."

personally I'd have to be on the border of starvation before I could eat rat, cat, coyote or dog knowingly.

[FWiedner]

amerinds thought cougar a delicacy.

They also considered white dogs to be the very best dish to serve to important company.

Let's face it, Indians were the original Cajuns. They'd eat anything that walks, crawls, swims, slithers or flies. Their endorsement of cougar meat carries much lesss weight than Ted's comment IMO.

I'd think twice on the endorsement of a race of people who routinely picked undigested seeds out of their feces to be washed and re-eaten.

... and what is a rabbit but a large rat?

[Dan 444]

They discovered that some people actually eat rats. When asked about what he likes to eat, one restaurant owner exclaimed prefer rat; " Shawn

In 1968 my big brother killed a rat in the hooch in Viet nam. He had it on a shovel and was about to throw it over the fence when this Vietnamese lady came running over screaming, "no, no, we eat it"

Yep, been there, seen it. I was on patrol through a village one time and was charged by a big dog, which I shot (sprayed with a M16). Dog dead, villagers building the dinner fire to cook it......

Dan

[Old No7]

Some posts just don't die.......................................

Coyote Helper.jpg

But YOU may -- if you eat THIS!!!!!!



Old No7