Title: Thousands of cunning elk running amok on Alberta farms
Category: Environmental
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2014-10-07 00:53:45
Canadian

   

Sheeeit... All he had to do was call me!

   

If they are going to be so ornery, they also shouldn't be so tasty!

   

Mmmmmm....lotsa good steaks for the BBQ right there.

   

While elk is nice, a nice BBQ'd moose steak is

   

Not our elk. They's grain fed and absolutely deeeeeeelicious!!

   

meh....if I want something grain fed I can go to a grocery store. There is a big difference between grain fed animals and those that eat a more natural diet. Even with beef, look at the difference in flavour between those that are mainly fed grain, corn and grass.

When we had pigs, those sows that were to be sold were fed chop, while the one or two we kept for personal consumption were fed a diet of slops(fruit and veggies) and grain. Anything stupid enough to get in their pen likely got ate too. What most people buy from the grocery store is bland in comparison. Wild Boar is even better.

   

By grain fed, I mean they wander outta the bush down to my uncle's alfalfa field, then wander across the creek, over to the neighbours wheat, hay and oat fields.

Believe me, it's amazing!

I don't remember the last store bought meat we ate (other than chicken, regrettably so, and that should be rectified next year) and hope to keep it that way for a very long time.

We hunt for most, my father raises beef, and another fellow we know raises free range pork. We even get our butter from a lady who still milks her own cow and churns her own fresh butter. It's wonderful. My dad's supposed to get chickens next year as well, so that will scratch that off the grocery list too.

It's a shame we don't have room for a garden. Fortunately (again), my dad has a HUGE one, and like to share. I managed to get a fair amount froze and canned, so that will help on reducing the amount of store bought crap we have to buy too.

   

All things grain fed are tastier......and awesomer!

   

Careful. You may tempt Shep to nibble on your ear to test the theory.