wild meat vs store bought

[Hanshi]

  Porcupine is good and they come with toothpicks.  Course blackberries do too.

[Osceola Bill]

 It has always been a great blessing to me to have wild game meat. It does however require knowledge of the critter and its particulars of eating, known carried ailments, and its preparation for the table. My maternal grandmother could cook a rock  and it would be good. Well she also could shore mess up a coon in  a pot though. She didn't know all the particulars and it was terrible. Two months later she made possum and potatoes that was fabulous. I spent a few years in various deserts of the world and shore am glad to be home to wander amongst the trees again. Beats a super market any day! I have eaten snake in various parts of the world, but have yet to find someone to get the nasty out of a cottonmouth. I hate to take anythings life, even a viper, but I had to throw a 39 inch 7 pound chunk of meat back into the swamp it crawled out of because I can't cook the thing. It had taken up residence on the sidewalk of one of the buildings I look after as a grounds keeper, and had cornered the resident and his dog. Since my 50 caliber cap lock would violate several ordinances the old shovel had to do. Up in the Osceola National Forest, the rattlers up there are not much trouble to cook, well after you avoid getting bit by the Eastern Diamondback ones anyhow.  They have this component in their venom which they commonly share with you very liberally that can cause system failures (death) in whatever they can bite. 

[The Ghost]

We like many folks prefer elk to beef or pork. Folks in are area take enough big game to last thru until the next fall. The hides  are tanned and mine are made into winter robes. We sometimes harvest game for those that can no longer hunt but want game meat. The school is closed so the young ones can help harvest. The United States is a wonderful place complete with free choice.