Syracuse.com - Reader tells of all the different kinds of wildlife he's eaten

[HuntingNY-News]

“The worst ever was brant (a small goose of the ocean’s shores) which I hunted on Chincoteaque Island in Virginia," said Bill Armani, of Fairmount. " Nothing could make them palatable.”

My recent stories about Central New Yorkers who savor wild game from Mother Nature’s B menu continues to generate responses from readers. Bill Armani, of Fairmont, wrote me:

“I have no special recipes to share, but here is a list of game that I have sampled over the past 75 years: sparrow, blackbird, starling, pigeon, crow, duck, goose, woodcock, partridge, pheasant, turkey, frog, cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare, woodchuck, raccoon, squirrel (red, gray and black), deer, bear, boar, antelope, elk, moose, caribou and bison.

“The most exotic was musk ox shot by a friend in Alaska. All of these were edible and most were tasty.

“The worst ever was brant (a small goose of the ocean’s shores) which I hunted on Chincoteaque Island in Virginia. Nothing could make them palatable.”

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog