Chickens = food - dogs = pets

[Ruby Rogue]

You are totally right on the coyote taste. I will try though. The bobcat is easily describable.

Bobcat tastes like well flavored lean pork. I will process and eat every one that we catch too close to the coops. They are great to eat.

Coyote tastes unlike any other meat I have ever tried. It is difficult to quantify. Its not bad by any means and if one grew up eating it it would probably even be good. But it has a different flavor that is hard to shake if you are an adult. I can not come up with any descriptors of the noticably different flavor. I will only eat coyote again if I need to.

Interesting! So in a SHTF situation, bobcat before coyote. And then, in the worst case scenario, the pet chickens.

ETA:
(After all the frozen chicken, moose, deer, and pork is gone)

 

[WallyG74]

Interesting! So in a SHTF situation, bobcat before coyote. And then, in the worst case scenario, the pet chickens.

ETA:
(After all the frozen chicken, moose, deer, and pork is gone)

Don’t forget squirrels! They’re pretty much the same as rabbit... delicious!

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Don’t forget squirrels! They’re pretty much the same as rabbit... delicious!

I guess I would probably eat rabbit or squirrel if I had to.

 

[CSolis]

I definitely can't eat my best buddies in the whole wide world, but chicken from the store is A-OK for me

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Interesting! So in a SHTF situation, bobcat before coyote. And then, in the worst case scenario, the pet chickens.

ETA:
(After all the frozen chicken, moose, deer, and pork is gone)

Yes exactly.

 

[CSolis]

Don’t forget squirrels! They’re pretty much the same as rabbit... delicious!

Squirrels are rodents, so would you eat rat too if available?

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Why is there not a reaction?!

 

[NatJ]

Squirrels are rodents, so would you eat rat too if available?

I probably would, unless I had reason to think someone had been putting out poison.

I cannot think of any reason for me to prefer squirrel vs. rat vs. guinea pig vs. pigeon vs. quail, at least until I try them and find out what flavor each one has. They are all small enough to be a bit inconvenient to butcher, and I've never actually tried any of them, but I'll happily try them all if it becomes convenient for me.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Squirrels are rodents, so would you eat rat too if available?

I would

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I probably would, unless I had reason to think someone had been putting out poison.

I cannot think of any reason for me to prefer squirrel vs. rat vs. guinea pig vs. pigeon vs. quail, at least until I try them and find out what flavor each one has. They are all small enough to be a bit inconvenient to butcher, and I've never actually tried any of them, but I'll happily try them all if it becomes convenient for me.

Quail are actually rather easy to process