• mspoc@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The right bird looks a bit chewed up and the middle one is missing its legs. I am guessing the dog did this.

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        11 months ago

        Some of the legs were either a bit small to keep, or may have been peppered by the shot so we didn’t keep them all. I won’t deny that one of the chewy dogs may have had their chance with one of them when retrieving, though I can’t say that was for sure the case here.

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      11 months ago

      That they might be a bit more tender depending on which dog caught (and handled) the bird after the flush and shoot 😅 We took our dog hunting over the weekend with some family and this was the result after a little bit of prep and brining.

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          11 months ago

          Normally (as in on a day-by-day basis), no. However, we do hunt and fish a few times a year in spurts depending on the season and if we participate in it we make use of the catch so it’s never wasted.

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    10 months ago

    Why specify that it was dog hunted? Only time I’ve been in a large enough group of hunters to actually cover the field without dogs I almost got friendly fired because that was too fuckin many people.

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    11 months ago

    NICE! Can you tell me about hunting squirrel? Or is that not your thing?

    And LOL, my Filipino gf is horrified at the notion. She’d never seen a squirrel except in a zoo!

    Plenty around, and I’ve got plenty of different sorts of .22s and low-power shotguns.

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      11 months ago

      Squirrel is also pretty tasty. We haven’t done it in a while but squirrel and yellow rice has been a dish of ours in the past. And likewise, they are an absolute nuisance here.

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    11 months ago

    Never ate quail, let alone a hunted one. How does it compare to chicken and turkey and does the game version have a gamier taste too?

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      11 months ago

      I haven’t had wild turkey in a long time so I can’t compare, but, IMO, it has a very slight game flavor but not in a bad way. Enough to give it a unique flavor profile of its own apart from chicken without overdoing it.