buying game meat

[eddiek2000]

Not sure if it has been asked yet, but If can't buy harvested meat, why can I buy crabs, oysters, fish? Seems kinda strange to me.

 

[Derwood]

Not sure if it has been asked yet, but If can't buy harvested meat, why can I buy crabs, oysters, fish? Seems kinda strange to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_hunters

 

[outrider58]

Not sure if it has been asked yet, but If can't buy harvested meat, why can I buy crabs, oysters, fish? Seems kinda strange to me.

I'll trade you venison for oysters...



But seriously, bigfoot44(and others) made a good point. Meat tastes different within a species, depending on diet. A whitetail from the eastern shore will taste different than one killed in Garrett County.

Wild turkey tastes 100 times better than Butterballs in my humble opinion.

 

[tallen702]

Depending where you're located, there is a pretty convenient option for getting unusual meats in this area: A butcher shop in the Del Rey section of Alexandria, VA sells all sorts of stuff. It's called "Let's Meat on the Avenue" because it's located on Mt. Vernon Avenue. Just call ahead to make sure they have in stock what you want to eat. They'll order just about any species for you if they don't have it in their freezer.

Let's Meat is a great shop. I used to buy from that guy all the time when I was running the kitchen at O'Connell's in their heyday.

Alternatively, Wegman's carries a broad line of game meats now, in stock reasonably priced for what it is. Same goes for the Giant store in Urbana. Not as broad a selection, but boar, venison, and duck are always available from what I've seen.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Yes , wild turkey tastes 100 times different from Butterball . BUT genetically more or less Wild turkeys raised on farms is an actually thing . ( Shooting/ hunting Partner #2 's next door farm does/ did raise them . ) Haven't had the opportunity to taste test one yet .

 

[Doctor_M]

Looking for someplace locally that sells pheasant.... anyone know a source?

 

[Derwood]

You can get live pheasants from Zucovich game farm (google it). The USPS will deliver them. I have used them for dog training.

 

[Doctor_M]

Cool.... food tastes better when you shoot it yourself!!

Thanks.

 

[tallen702]

They ain't live, and they ain't local, but Willie Bird Turkey company makes the best smoked pheasant I've had just about anywhere.

 

[lazarus]

Not sure if it has been asked yet, but If can't buy harvested meat, why can I buy crabs, oysters, fish? Seems kinda strange to me.

Because market hunting in the United States lead towards many species nearly being made extinct. Market hunting would also likely drive a huge expansion of poaching.

There are currently a lot of overfishing issues with fish, oysters, etc. as well as poaching with those too.

Also livestock raising on land tends to be more viable than fish and oyster farming (which are also done and in a lot of areas you can’t, say, harvest wild oysters, but you could farm them).

 

[Derwood]

Because market hunting in the United States lead towards many species nearly being made extinct. Market hunting would also likely drive a huge expansion of poaching.

There are currently a lot of overfishing issues with fish, oysters, etc. as well as poaching with those too.

Also livestock raising on land tends to be more viable than fish and oyster farming (which are also done and in a lot of areas you can’t, say, harvest wild oysters, but you could farm them).

This. Chesapeake Oysters are at around 1% of their historical population. Most of the ones we eat now are farmed. Crabs and oysters are slowly starting to come back due to water quality improvements related to stormwater/ag runoff control. Fisheries are heavily regulated but from what I can tell, we're heading toward some species extinctions in our lifetimes soon. Many land animals were hunted to extinction all over the world. One example: Daniel Boone hunted buffalo in PA, MD and VA in the 1760s.

 

[lazarus]

This. Chesapeake Oysters are at around 1% of their historical population. Most of the ones we eat now are farmed. Crabs and oysters are slowly starting to come back due to water quality improvements related to stormwater/ag runoff control. Fisheries are heavily regulated but from what I can tell, we're heading toward some species extinctions in our lifetimes soon. Many land animals were hunted to extinction all over the world. One example: Daniel Boone hunted buffalo in PA, MD and VA in the 1760s.

Yup.